10th Oct 2006 15:34
Stagecoach Group PLC10 October 2006 Exercise of Executive Share Options Stagecoach Group plc ("the Company") has been notified today, 10 October 2006,of the following transaction in the securities of the Company by a persondischarging managerial responsibility. The transactions have been notified inaccordance with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a). The Company received notification that the undermentioned employee exercisedExecutive Share Options over Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence each in theCompany and subsequently sold those shares. The Executive Share Options exercised were as follows: Name Original Date Number of Ordinary Option Price Total Option of Grant Shares Under Per Value £ Option Share £ Leslie Warneford 11.10.1996 64,799 1.09 70,631 The 64,799 Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence were sold at an average price of£1.34 per share, resulting in total proceeds of £86,830 before deductingtransaction costs and taxes. Following these transactions, the individual's interests in the securities ofthe Company are as follows: Name Number of Ordinary % of Ordinary Number of Number of Shares held Shares in Ordinary Deferred issue Shares Held Ordinary Shares Under Under Executive Options Participation Plan Leslie Warneford 121,826 < 0.01% 383,461 60,914 In addition, Les Warneford is a potential beneficiary of the Stagecoach GroupEmployee Benefit Trust 2003 and the Stagecoach Group Qualifying Employee ShareTrust, which together hold 6,175,222 Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence each,representing 0.56% of the total Ordinary Shares in issue. For further information, please contact: Stagecoach Group plc www.stagecoachgroup.com Ross Paterson, Company Secretary 01738 442111 Steven Stewart, Head of Media & Public Affairs 01738 442111 10 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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