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Exercise of options etc.
Exercise of options etc..
About this update from James Halstead Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n James Halstead PLC\n06 January 2006\n\n\nJAMES HALSTEAD PLC\n\nEXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS\n\n\nJames Halstead plc ('James Halstead'or the 'Company') announces that it has\ntoday issued 44,000 ordinary shares of 10p each ('Ordinary Shares') in respect\nof share options exercised under the James Halstead Group Share Option Plan\n(1998).\n\nThe shares have been issued as a result of the exercise by Mr Geoffrey Halstead,\nChairman of the Company, of the following share options:\n\n- Options over 35,000 Ordinary Shares, which were granted on 7 May 1999 at an \n exercise price of 202.5p per share; and\n\n- Options over 9,000 Ordinary Shares, which were granted in 25 October 2002 at \n an exercise price of 259.33p per share.\n\nThe Company has been notified that Mr Halstead has today sold 25,800 Ordinary \nShares at a price of 704p per share.\n\nFollowing these transactions, Mr Halstead's shareholding has increased by 18,200\nOrdinary Shares and he is now the beneficial owner of 1,037,845 Ordinary Shares,\nrepresenting approximately 4.09 per cent. of the issued share capital of the\nCompany.\n\nIn addition, the Company has been notified that the wife of Mr Gordon Oliver,\nFinance Director of the Company, has today purchased 1,000 Ordinary Shares at a\nprice of 704p per share. As a result, Mr Oliver is the beneficial owner of\n19,752 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.08 per cent. of the issued\nshare capital of the Company.\n\nThe beneficial holdings of Mr Halstead and Mr Oliver noted above include the\nholdings of their respective spouses.\n\nEnquiries\n\nJames Halstead plc\nJack Whittaker\nTel: 0161 767 2500\n\nWesthouse Securities LLP\nTim Feather\nTel: 0161 838 9140\n\n\n This information is provided by RNS\n The company news service from the London Stock Exchange \n ","length":2058,"tagName":"div"}]