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Liberty International Plc - Directors Interests
Release Date: 07/04/2004 07:28:53 Code(s): LBT
LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC - DIRECTORS" INTERESTS
LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC
("the Company")
(Registration number UK3685527)
ISIN Code: GB0006834344
JSE Code: LBT
Issuer Code: LILI I
Directors" Shareholdings
Following the exercise of options, the Company has been advised today of the
following:
1. Liberty International"s Chief Executive, Mr D.A. Fischel has increased his
holding of Liberty International PLC ordinary shares by 43,117 shares to 254,702
shares, representing 0.079% of the issued share capital.
This increase in holding follows an exercise of options today over 160,000
ordinary shares in Liberty International at an option price of 419p per share.
Immediately following the exercise, Mr Fischel sold 116,883 ordinary shares at a
price of 762p per share in order to meet his acquisition and income tax costs.
2. Liberty International"s Finance Director, Mr A.C. Smith has increased his
holding of Liberty International PLC ordinary shares by 30,500 shares to 107,330
shares, representing 0.033% of the issued share capital.
This increase in holding follows an exercise of options over 50,000 ordinary
shares in Liberty International. The options exercised were as follows:
Date Exercised: No. of options: Option price:
05.04.04 17,500 shares 322p per share
06.04.04 20,000 shares 366p per share
06.04.04 12,500 shares 322p per share
Immediately following the exercise on 6 April, Mr Smith sold 19,500 ordinary
shares at a price of 762p per share in order to meet part of his costs of
acquisition.
3. Other employees of the Company have also recently exercised options. The
shares required for option exercises are provided by transfer from LI Share Plan
(Jersey) Limited as trustee for the Liberty International PLC employee share
ownership plan ("ESOP"). As the executive directors of Liberty International
PLC (Mr J.G. Abel, Mr D.A. Fischel, Mr J.I. Saggers, and Mr A.C. Smith) are
potential beneficiaries of the ESOP, this transfer is disclosable as a change in
their interests. Details of all transactions involving the ESOP, including the
shares required for the exercise of options by Mr Fischel and Mr Smith referred
to above, are as follows:
Date of Exercise No. of options: Option price:
02.04.04 35,886 shares 512p per share
02.04.04 7,500 shares 545p per share
05.04.04 183 shares 512p per share
05.04.04 17,500 shares 322p per share
06.04.04 20,000 shares 366p per share
06.04.04 12,500 shares 322p per share
06.04.04 160,000 shares 419p per share
06.04.04 8,518 shares 512p per share
Total 262,087 shares
Options exercised as a percentage of issued 0.081%
ordinary shares:
Total holding of LI Share Plan (Jersey) Limited
following this notification: 4,715,195
Total percentage of issued ordinary shares held
by LI Share Plan (Jersey) Limited following this 1.466%
notification:
Contact name for queries: John Armstrong
Contact telephone number: 020 7887 7064
Name of company official responsible John Armstrong
for Assistant Company
making notification:- Secretary
Date of Notification: 06 April 2004
