31st Mar 2009 12:52
31 March 2009
Huntsworth plc
("Huntsworth" or "the Company")
Directors/PDMR Shareholding
Huntsworth plc, the international public relations and healthcare communications group, has been informed by the Trustees of the Huntsworth Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust') that, in accordance with the rules of the Huntsworth Matched Share Plan ('the Plan'), the matching award of 479,080 ordinary shares in the Company granted to Lord Chadlington, Chief Executive, on 17 February 2006 and which became unrestricted on 17 February 2009 was sold by the Trust, as required by the Plan, on 30 March 2009 at a price of 50p per share. Under the rules of the Plan, the Trustees also sold the matched shares of three other employees of Huntsworth. At the start of the Plan, all of these participants' shares were valued at 93p.
Following this transaction, Lord Chadlington's total holding in Huntsworth is 3,479,894, being 1.64% of the issued class. This figure excludes the award over 1,727,885 shares which was made under the Huntsworth Deferred Share Bonus Plan and was announced on 23 March 2009.
Enquiries to:
Huntsworth PLC +44 (0)20 7 224 8778
Tymon Broadhead, Group Finance Director and Company Secretary
Related Shares:
HNT.L