1st Feb 2007 15:21
Skyepharma PLC01 February 2007 For Immediate Release 1 February 2007 SkyePharma PLC ("the Company") Share Purchase Plan As a result of transactions on 31 January 2007 by the SkyePharma PLC SharePurchase Plan (a Revenue approved all employee share purchase plan), FrankCondella and Peter Grant, directors of the Company, as trustees of the Plan,became the beneficial owners of an additional 5,580 Ordinary Shares of theCompany, bringing the total held by the Plan to 202,186 Ordinary Shares of theCompany. As a result the executive directors of the Company have the following additionalinterests as a result of their personal participation in the Plan:- Partnership Shares Matching Shares Total number of purchased on 31 January awarded on 31 January Partnership and 2007 at 24p per share 2007 at 24p per Matching Shares held share on 31 January 2007Frank Condella 520 520 8,412Peter Grant 520 520 1,040 In accordance with the rules of the Plan these directors have been awarded theMatching Shares on the basis of one Matching Share for each Partnership Share. The beneficial ownership of the Matching Shares will pass to the directors inthree years' time subject to continued employment and the retention of theunderlying Partnership Shares. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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