Portmeirion : Exercise of Options

RNS Number : 0092W Portmeirion Group PLC

13 August 2015

Portmeirion Group PLC (the "Company")

Exercise of Options

13 August 2015
The Company announces that on 12 August 2015, Lawrence Bryan, Chief Executive, exercised options under The Portmeirion 2002 Share Option Scheme to subscribe for a total of 15,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of £4.875 each. Following the exercise, Mr Bryan holds an interest in 139,228 Ordinary Shares representing 1.29% of the issued share capital of the Company with voting rights. The Company has transferred 15,000 Ordinary Shares from shares held in treasury in respect of the above exercise.
Application has been made for 15,000 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading of these shares is expected to commence on or around 19 August 2015 ("Admission").
Following Admission, the Company has 11,003,154 Ordinary Shares in issue, consisting of
10,758,134 Ordinary Shares with voting rights and 245,020 Ordinary Shares held by the
Company in treasury. The figure of 10,758,134 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders of
Portmeirion as the denominator for the calculations to 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.

Dick Steele +44 (0) 1782 744 721 steele_clan@msn.com

Non-executive Chairman

Brett Phillips +44 (0) 1782 744 721 bphillips@portmeiriongroup.com

Group Finance Director

Dan de Belder +44 (0) 203 772 2561 ddebelder@bellpottinger.com

Kashara Taylor +44 (0) 203 772 2593 ktaylor@bellpottinger.com

(Nominated Adviser and Broker): +44 (0) 207 886 2500

Freddy Crossley / Duncan Monteith Corporate Finance

Tom Salvesen / Maisie Atkinson Corporate Broking

(Joint Broker):

+44 (0) 20 7894 7000

Catherine Leftley/Marc Milmo Corporate Finance

David Banks/Tessa Sillars Corporate Broking

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