7th Apr 2009 16:30
BG Group plc
A. Notification of Interests in Shares
BG Group Share Incentive Plan 2008 ('SIP') - Free Shares & Partnership Shares
On 7 April 2009 the following Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were awarded the numbers of BG Group plc Ordinary Shares of 10p each set out below under the terms of the SIP. As a result of these awards the beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital of BG Group plc have increased as shown.
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Free Shares awarded at a price of £10.98 per share |
Partnership Shares awarded at a price of £10.13 per share |
Revised interest in Ordinary 10p shares |
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Executive Directors |
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Frank Chapman |
273 |
74 |
1,118,424 |
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Ashley Almanza |
273 |
74 |
540,567 |
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Martin Houston |
273 |
- |
467,940 |
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PDMRS |
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Jørn Berget |
273 |
74 |
113,102 |
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Charles Bland |
273 |
74 |
333,739 |
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Robert Booker |
273 |
74 |
1,148 |
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Malcolm Brown |
273 |
74 |
98,984 |
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Mark Carne |
273 |
74 |
52,042 |
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Graham Vinter |
273 |
74 |
435 |
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 eligible employees at the lower of the market value at the beginning of the six-month accumulation 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 its Share
Incentive Plan 444,461 ordinary shares. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.
Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 224,845,412 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 3,359,576,208.
BG Group plc
7 April 2009
website www.bg-group.com
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