18th Jan 2008 08:00
The Mission Marketing Group PLC18 January 2008 18 January 2008 The Mission Marketing Group plc Grant of Options The Mission Marketing Group plc ('themission(R)' or the 'Company', AIM: TMMG),the national marketing communications and advertising group, announces that theBoard today approved the grant to Directors of options over ordinary shares inthe Company. Following the Group's successful completion of the acquisitions of StoryUK andrla Group and the announcement today that the first half momentum has continuedinto the second half, the options were granted under the Company's unapprovedShare Option Scheme and are exercisable at any time between 3 and 10 years ofthe date of grant at 108p per share. The Group has today announced that themission's organic growth and marginperformance remain strong. In addition, all four acquisitions made during 2007are benefitting from being part of the enlarged network, are integratingsuccessfully and have further strengthened themission. Options granted to the Directors were as follows: Director New Options Total Options now heldMartin Banbury 0 430,000Iain Ferguson 241,415 1,117,415Tim Alderson 120,707 592,707Francis Maude 5,000 50,000Brian Child 5,000 70,000 Enquiries:Iain Ferguson, Chief ExecutiveTim Alderson, Chief Financial OfficerThe Mission Marketing Group plc 020 7395 7575 Charles Palmer/Nicola BilesFinancial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Mark Percy/Sarah Jacobs 020 7107 8000Seymour Pierce Limited www.themission.co.uk themission(R) is a national marketing communications and advertising group with10 offices across the UK. The Group specialises in providing national andinternational clients with award winning marketing, advertising and businesscommunications. Group members include April-Six, Bray Leino, Big Communications,Fuse Digital, thinkBDW, Story UK and RLA. themission(R) employs over 600 staffnationally and is listed on AIM (TMMG). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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