28th Jul 2009 18:02
Charles Stanley Group PLC
("Charles Stanley" or "the Company")
2008 Final Dividend - Scrip Alternative and changes to PDMR Interests pursuant to Disclosure Rule 3.1.2
Charles Stanley announces that, following approval by shareholders of the scrip dividend scheme at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today, elections have been made by 174 shareholders to receive 242,704 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Shares") in lieu of cash in respect of all or part of their final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2009 ("Final Dividend"), to be paid on 4 August 2009.
Application has therefore been made for the admission ("Admission") of 242,704 new Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities. The new Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued Shares and dealings are expected to commence on Tuesday 4 August 2009.
Pursuant to Disclosure Rule 3.1.2, the resultant interests, upon Admission, of certain Directors, PDMRs and their Connected Persons who have elected to receive the Final Dividend in the form of shares are set out below:
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PDMR/Director |
Sir David Howard Bt. |
Michael R.I. Lilwall |
E. Michael Clark |
Philip Nathan |
Stephen C. King |
Gary Teper |
Venetia Malpas |
Martina Murphy |
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Connected Persons |
Lady Valerie Howard; James Howard;
Trustees of the Lady Howard Estate; Queen Street Securities; Trustees of Charles Stanley Pension Fund |
Julie Lilwall |
Penelope A. Clark |
Jennifer King |
Trustees of the Constantia SIPP; Julia Teper |
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Notification in respect of PDMR/Director or Connected Person or Non-Beneficial Interest |
Both |
Both |
Both |
Director |
Both |
Both |
Director |
Director |
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Description of Shares (including class) |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
25p Ordinary Shares |
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Name of registered shareholder and number of shares |
Sir David Howard Bt. and Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
Rock Nominees Ltd |
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Nature of transaction |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
Acquisition of shares following scrip dividend election |
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No. of shares acquired/transferred and % of ISC |
Sir David Howard Bt: 26,109; Lady Valerie Howard: 26,109; James Howard: 17,288; Trustees of the Lady Howard Estate: 2,922
Queen Street Securities: 40,000; Trustees of Charles Stanley Group Pension Fund: 6195 |
Michael Lilwall: 201; Julie Lilwall: 144 |
E. Michael Clark: 10515 Penelope A. Clark: 10996 |
Philip Nathan: 11093 |
Stephen C. King: 648 J. King: 144 |
Trustees of the Constantia SIPP: 623 Julia Teper: 132 |
Venetia Malpas: 474 |
Martina Murphy: 699 |
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No. of shares disposed and % of ISC |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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Price of share |
230.8p |
230.8p |
230.8p |
230.8p |
230.8p |
230.8p |
230.8p |
230.8p |
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Date of transaction |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
4th August 2009 |
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Total holding |
Beneficial Sir David Howard: 7,426,109 (16.73%); Lady Valerie Howard: 2,526,109 (5.69%); James Howard: 617,288 (1.39%); Trustees of the Lady Howard Estate: 32,922 (0.07%); Queen Street Securities: 1,980,000 (4.46%); Non-beneficial Trustees of Charles Stanley Group Pension Fund: 221,195 (0.5%) |
Michael Lilwall: 60,701 (0.14%); Julie Lilwall: 5144 (0.01%) |
E. Michael Clark: 375,485 (0.85%); Penny Clark: 389,526 (0.88%) |
Philip Nathan: 396,099 (0.89%) |
Stephen King: 23,148 (0.05%); Jennifer King: 10,144 (0.08%) |
Trustees of the Constantia SIPP: 22,253 (0.05%); Julia Teper: (0.01%) |
Venetia Malpas: (0.04%) |
Martina Murphy: (0.06%) |
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Date issuer informed |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
28th July 2009 |
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Additional information |
The percentages in the notification above are based on the issued share capital following admission of shares on 4th August, at which point it will stand at 44,385,422 |
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Name of contact and telephone number for queries |
Simon Bridges or Kit Stephenson Canaccord Adams 020 7050 6500 |
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Upon Admission the total number of Shares in issue, and therefore the total number of voting shares, will be 44,385,422 shares. There are no shares held in Treasury. The above figure may be used by shareholders to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Gary Teper
Company Secretary 020 7149 6266
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