1 July 2014
Headlam Group plc
Exercise of share options/ Transfer of Treasury Shares / issued share capital
Headlam Group plc ('Headlam') announces that on 1 July 2014 Tony Brewer, Group Chief Executive, and Stephen Wilson, Group Finance Director, each exercised share options over 7,043 shares granted on 20 May 2009 under the Headlam Group 2002 Savings Related Share Option Scheme at an option price of £2.222 per share. These options had an exercise period between 1 July 2014 and 31 December 2014.
Tony Brewer and Steve Wilson each retained all 7,043 shares increasing their beneficial shareholding in Headlam to 526,985 and 464,955 shares respectively representing 0.62% and 0.54% respectively of the issued share capital. Details of other share based awards are set out in the Company's annual report.
These shares were included within a total of 285,566 ordinary shares which have been transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employee share scheme allotments, comprising 232,406 ordinary shares at 222.20 pence per share and 53,160 ordinary shares at 246.00 pence per share.
Following the above transfer of treasury stock, Headlam held 1,436,284 ordinary shares as treasury shares.
The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) was 83,927,459. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 83,927,459.
The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company 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 share capital of the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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