9th Oct 2006 17:39
Taylor Woodrow PLC09 October 2006 Taylor Woodrow plc Taylor Woodrow Employee Share Ownership Trusts Share Transfers Taylor Woodrow plc ("the Company") has been notified of the transfer on 9October 2006 of 179,888 25p ordinary shares of the Company ("Shares") by theTaylor Woodrow Employee Share Ownership Trust 1995 ("ESOT 1"). These Shares have been transferred to employees who validly exercised optionsgranted over Shares pursuant to the Taylor Woodrow Executive Share Option Plan,the Taylor Woodrow Long Service Award and The Taylor Woodrow Share PurchasePlan. Where individual employee interests arising from this transaction are themselvesreportable, appropriate disclosure has been made. Following this disposal, the ESOT 1 held 2,609,943 Shares. Share Purchase The Company has also been notified that on 9 October 2006, the ESOT 1 purchased165,000 (one hundred and sixty five thousand) Shares at 352.453p per Share. Following the above purchase, the ESOT 1 holds 2,774,943 Shares. General Information The said Shares in ESOT 1 were purchased to meet future maturing options underthe Taylor Woodrow Executive Share Option Plan and Taylor WoodrowSavings-Related Share Option Schemes and the Taylor Woodrow Executive BonusPlan. Each of the executive directors of the Company is a potential beneficiary underESOT 1 and therefore, in accordance with section 329 Companies Act 1985, isregarded as having a notional interest in the current holdings of ESOT 1 of2,774,943 Shares. Richard MorbeyGroup Company SecretaryTaylor Woodrow plc 9 October 2006. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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