Churchill China plc (the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares, Director / PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights
The Company announces that on 1 May 2013 it bought 10,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 345 pence per Ordinary Share to be held in Treasury. The Company subsequently satisfied an exercise of options over 36,000 Ordinary Shares from Ordinary Shares held in Treasury. Following the above transactions the Company holds 7,000 Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
The Company would like to notify the market of the following exercises of options over Ordinary Shares were carried out by Directors of the Company on 1 May 2013.
Director |
Position |
Scheme |
Number of options exercised |
Exercise Price (pence) |
David Taylor |
Finance Director |
Unapproved Executive Scheme |
10,000 |
208p |
David O'Connor |
Managing Director |
Unapproved Executive Scheme |
6,000 |
208p |
The Company has also been notified that on 1 May 2013, subsequent to the exercise of options, that the above Directors sold shares in the Company as follows:
David Taylor sold 8,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 345 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, David Taylor is interested in 20,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.18% of the Company's total issued share capital.
David O'Connor sold 5,599 Ordinary Shares at 345 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, David O'Connor is interested in 6,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.05% of the Company's total issued share capital.
In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules we would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company's total issued share capital now is 10,957,976 Ordinary Shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 10,950,976.
The above figure of 10,950,976 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, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further details, please contact:
Churchill China plc
David Taylor, Finance Director 01782 577566
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Richard Lindley 0113 338 4789
