Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6648S

Big Yellow Group PLC

21 May 2009

 



21 May 2009

Big Yellow Group PLC

('Big Yellow' or 'the Company')

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PARTIES

1. Issued Share Capital

The Company announces that, as a result of the admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities today of 11,549,000 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each in Big Yellow (the "Placing Shares"), the issued share capital of the Company as at today's date is 127,141,541 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.  

The company holds 100,000 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in Big Yellow Group PLC is 127,041,541.

The above figure (127,041,541) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Big Yellow Group PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

2. Share Subscription by Directors

The Company was informed on 21 May that the directors of the Company subscribed for the following numbers of Placing Shares at a price of 285 pence each:

Nicholas Vetch	87,719
James Gibson	43,859
Jonathan Short	8,771
Mark Richardson	5,263
John Trotman	5,263

3. Directors' Interests in Shares

Following these transactions the Directors' and Non-Executive Directors' interests in shares are as follows:

Director	Shares Held	% of issued share capital held
Nicholas Vetch	9,504,719	7.48%
Phil Burks	7,370,849	5.80%
James Gibson	2,418,119	1.90%
Adrian Lee	889,267	0.70%
Jonathan Short	100,471	0.08%
Tim Clark	15,000	0.01%
Mark Richardson	10,263	0.01%
John Trotman	7,263	0.01%

Enquiries:

John Trotman, Chief Financial Officer	01276 477 811
Michael Cole, Company Secretary	01276 477 811

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire shares in the capital of the Company in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa or any other jurisdiction. The Placing Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Placing Shares are being offered and sold outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Any offering to be made in the United States will be made pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act in a transaction not involving any public offering. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited and, if sent in response to the information herein, will not be accepted. 

 

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