15th May 2006 17:37
Carpetright PLC15 May 2006 15 May 2006 Regulatory News ServiceLondon Stock Exchange INTERESTS IN SHARES On 12 May 2006, 850 shares were allocated at £13.25 under the Company's AllEmployee Share Ownership Plan which total included 9 shares for each ofLord Harris, Mr J Kitching and Mr C Sollesse and Mr M Harris. Also included in the purchase were 9 shares purchased for Mrs Caroline Sollesse.Shares purchased for Mrs Sollesse form part of Mr Sollesse's beneficialinterest, below. The beneficial shareholdings for these directors are now: Lord Harris 16,016,974 23.62%M Harris 873,182 1.29%J Kitching 671,000 0.99%C Sollesse 27,530 0.04% AESOP shares were also purchased for Persons Discharging ManagerialResponsibilities, as follows: T Moore 10 sharesS Davies, E Mangham, J May, G Moloney, K Nicholson, J Still 11 shares eachP Lorimer 8 sharesC Sawyer 5 sharesP Dregent 4 shares The Company has been advised that, following changes of Trustee to variousHarris family trusts, Lord Harris' non-beneficial interest as Trustee hasreduced to 140,014 shares (0.2%). Ms A Palmer and Mr E O'Keefe now have a non-beneficial interest as Trustee inrespect of 2,623,000 shares, 3.86% of the issued share capital, of which 2.58%is a shared interest with Mr A R Bull. Mr Bull's total non-beneficial interestin shares as Trustee is now 4.47% (3,036,500 shares). Additionally, the sharesheld jointly as trustees by Mr A R Bull, Mr C J Downs, Mr J D Stockwell and SirHugh Sykes now represent less than 3% of the issued share capital. P Dregent (Mrs)Company Secretary 01708 525522 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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