27th Apr 2007 15:30
BG GROUP plc27 April 2007 BG Group plc A. Notification of Interests in Shares BG Group Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') - Free Shares & Partnership Shares On 27 April 2007 the following Executive Directors and Persons DischargingManagerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were awarded the numbers of BG Group plcOrdinary Shares of 10p each set out below under the terms of the SIP. As aresult of these awards the beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital ofBG Group plc have increased as shown. Free Shares Partnership Shares Revised beneficial interest awarded at awarded at in Ordinary 10p shares a price of 730.1p a price of 642.7p per share per share EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSFrank Chapman 410 117 436,342William Friedrich 410 117 370,120Ashley Almanza 410 117 177,118 PDMRSJorn Berget 410 117 1,346Charles Bland 410 117 174,533Mark Carne 410 116 1,032Peter Duffy 410 117 103,086Stuart Fysh 410 116 319,955Martin Houston 410 - 268,001Stefan Ricketts 410 117 33,338 Note: The SIP is an HM Revenue & Customs approved all-employee share scheme.Under the rules of the SIP, partnership shares are awarded to all eligibleemployees at the lower of the market value at the beginning of the six-monthaccumulation period and the date the shares are acquired. B. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES BG Group plc also announces that it has today transferred to the Trustee of itsShare Incentive Plan 651,658 ordinary shares. The transferred shares were allformerly held as treasury shares. Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 161,337,692 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 3,399,967,900. BG Group plc 27 April 2007 website www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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