5th Jul 2007 08:30
Stagecoach Group PLC05 July 2007 Exercise of Executive Share Options Stagecoach Group plc ("the Company") has been notified on 4 July 2007, of thefollowing transaction in the securities of the Company by a person dischargingmanagerial responsibility. The transactions have been notified in accordancewith Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a). The undermentioned director exercised Executive Share Options over OrdinaryShares of 56/57th pence each in the Company. The Executive Share Options exercised were as follows: +--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+| Name | Original |Number of | Option Price |Total Option|| | Date of |Ordinary Shares | Per | Value £ || | Grant |Under Option | Share £ | || | | | | |+--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+|Brian Souter | 23/07/2002| 1,226,667| £0.3750| £460,000.13|+--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+|Brian Souter | 05/12/2002| 1,703,704| £0.2700 | £460,000.08|+--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+|Brian Souter | 26/06/2003| 582,645| £0.6050| £352,500.23|+--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+|Brian Souter | 12/12/2003| 291,022| £0.8075| £235,000.27|+--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+|Brian Souter | 25/06/2004| 564,548| £0.8575| £484,099.91|+--------------+-----------+----------------+--------------+------------+ Of the 4,368,586 Ordinary Shares of 56/57th pence each exercised, all weretransferred into Ordinary Shares in Brian Souter's name and were retained. Following these transactions, the individual's interests in the securities ofthe Company are as follows: +--------------+----------------+-----------+------------+-------------+| Name | Interest in |% of | Number of | Number of || |Ordinary Shares |Ordinary | Ordinary | Deferred || | |Shares in | Shares | Ordinary || | |issue | subject to |Shares Under || | | | Options | Executive || | | | |Participation|| | | | | Plan || | | | | |+--------------+----------------+-----------+------------+-------------+|Brian Souter | 104,721,606| 14.72%| 217,085| 325,343|+--------------+----------------+-----------+------------+-------------+ In addition, Brian Souter is a potential beneficiary of the Stagecoach GroupEmployee Benefit Trust 2003, which holds 7,249,523 Ordinary Shares of 56/57thpence each, representing 1.02% of the total Ordinary Shares in issue. For further information, please contact: Stagecoach Group plc www.stagecoachgroup.comSteven Stewart, Head of Media & Public Affairs 01738 442111 5 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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