Director Shareholding
Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC
03 December 2003
For Immediate Release 3 December 2003
Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc
Directors' Exercise of Share Options and Increased Interest In Shares
Dealings By Other Directors
Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc ('the Company' or 'Domino's') today announces that
on 2 December 2003 it was informed of the following transactions in respect of
the Company's Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ('
Ordinary Shares'):
Stephen Hemsley, the chief executive of the Company, in order to fund the cost
of exercise of his options as referred to below and payment of the related
income tax arising, on 2 December 2003 disposed of 588,000 Ordinary Shares at a
price per Ordinary Share of 180 pence.
CTG Investment Limited, a company which is beneficially owned by a discretionary
trust of which Mr Hemsley and members of Mr Hemsley's family are potential
beneficiaries, disposed on 2 December 2003 of interests in 262,670 Ordinary
Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of 180 pence.
Nigel Wray, a non-executive director of the Company, acquired on 2 December 2003
135,000 Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of 180 pence. Following
this acquisition Mr Wray is now interested in 14,164,725 Ordinary Shares.
Yoav Gottesman, a non-executive director of the Company, disposed on 1 December
2003 of 46,379 Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of 186 pence.
Following this disposal Mr Gottesman is now interested in 700,000 Ordinary
Shares.
Gerald Halpern, a non-executive director of the Company, disposed on 2 December
2003 of 153,482 Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of 180 pence.
Mr Hemsley exercised today all of his outstanding options over 1,290,561
Ordinary Shares under the Company's share option scheme as follows:
Number of Ordinary Shares Price per Ordinary Share (pence)
415,654 42.10
432,973 50.00
105,000 53.00
336,934 33.50
As a result of the above transactions Mr Hemsley's interests in Ordinary Shares
have increased by 439,891 Ordinary Shares from 2,060,109 Ordinary Shares to
2,500,000 Ordinary Shares representing 4.72 per cent. of the Company's current
issued share capital.
In addition, Gerald Halpern exercised outstanding options over 153,482 Ordinary
Shares pursuant to the above scheme. 130,000 of these Ordinary Shares were
acquired at 53 pence per Ordinary Share and 23,482 of these Ordinary Shares were
acquired at 50 pence per Ordinary Share.
Gerald Halpern retains further options over 600,000 shares. Following the
transactions referred to in this announcement Gerald Halpern is now interested
in 50,000 Ordinary Shares.
ENDS
For further information, please contact Isabel Petre or Catherine Miles at
Buchanan Communications on 020 7466 5000.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ND
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