RNS Number : 6818J

RNS Number: 9117E Portmeirion Group PLC 06 November 2015


Portmeirion Group PLC (the 'Company')


Exercise of Options


6 November 2015


The Company announces that on 5 November 2015, a certain employee of the Group exercised options under The Portmeirion 2002 Share Option Scheme to subscribe for a total of 2,240 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at an exercise price of

£4.875 each. Accordingly, the Company has transferred 2,240 Ordinary Shares from shares held in treasury in respect of the exercise.


Application has been made for 2,240 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading of these shares is expected to commence on or around 12 November 2015 ('Admission').


Following Admission, the Company has 11,003,154 Ordinary Shares in issue, consisting of 10,760,374 Ordinary Shares with voting rights and 242,780 Ordinary Shares held by the Company in treasury. The figure of 10,760,374 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders of Portmeirion Group PLC 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.


ENQUIRIES:


Portmeirion Group PLC:

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

Bell Pottinger:

Dan de Belder

+44 (0) 203 772 2561

ddebelder@bellpottinger.com

Kashara Taylor

+44 (0) 203 772 2593

ktaylor@bellpottinger.com

Panmure Gordon :

(Nominated Adviser and Broker):


+44 (0) 207 886 2500

Freddy Crossley / Duncan Monteith

Corporate Finance

Tom Salvesen

Corporate Broking

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe :

(Joint Broker):

+44 (0) 20 7894 7000

Catherine Leftley/Marc Milmo

Corporate Finance

David Banks/Tessa Sillars

Corporate Broking

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