1st Apr 2005 09:29
Stagecoach Group PLC01 April 2005 The Company received notification today, 1 April 2005, that Martin Griffiths andGraham Eccles exercised S.A.Y.E. share options over Ordinary Shares of 12/19theach in the Company. The S.A.Y.E. share options exercised were as follows: Name Original Date Number of Ordinary Exercise Price of Grant Shares under Option per Share (£) Martin Griffiths 16 January, 2002 9,500 £0.60 Graham Eccles 16 January, 2002 15,833 £0.60 Both Martin Griffiths and Graham Eccles have retained the shares acquired. Following these transactions, Graham Eccles holds 109,229 Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence each in the Company and Martin Griffiths holds 15,830 Ordinary Sharesof 12/19th pence each in the Company, each representing less than 0.01% of thetotal Ordinary Shares in issue. In addition, as Executive Directors of the Company, Graham Eccles and MartinGriffiths are potential beneficiaries of the Stagecoach Group Employee BenefitTrust 2003 and the Stagecoach Group Qualifying Employee Share Trust, whichtogether hold 7,468,344 Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence each, representing 0.70% of the total Ordinary Shares in issue. Graham Eccles holds share optionsover 2,172,157 Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence each and Martin Griffiths holdsshare options over 1,958,066 Ordinary Shares of 12/19th pence each. CONTACT: Ross Paterson, Company Secretary Telephone: 01738 442111 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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