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SABMiller plc - Notification of directors" interests
JSEALPHA CODE: SAB
ISSUER CODE: SOSAB
ISIN CODE: GB0004835483
Notification of Transactions of Directors/PDMR"s in accordance with DR3.1R
Notification of directors" interests: Companies Act 1985 s239
EBT Additional Award
The independent trustee of the SABMiller plc Employees" Benefit Trust (the
"EBT"), notified the company on 3 July 2006 that it had on 20 June 2006
exercised its discretion and released 67,254 ordinary shares in SABMiller plc to
directors and persons exercising managerial responsibility (PDMR"s)
participating in the Performance Share Award Scheme (the "Scheme").
On 10 June 2004 the company announced that the TSR performance condition had
been achieved in respect of Scheme awards made on 1 June 2001. The
directors/PDMR"s elected to retain these vested awards with the EBT for a
further two years. That period having expired, the trustee has awarded
additional nil-cost awards to the directors/PDMR"s. The numbers of additional
shares awarded and those sold and retained by directors and PDMR"s are set out
below:
Name of Additional Shares sold Shares retained Revised Total
Directors shares to meet by Director/ Beneficial
and PDMR"s awarded to PAYE and PDMR"s holding
Director/ NIC following EBT
PDMR"s liability award and sale
(where
applicable)
E.A.G. 36,973 15,159 21,814 416,287
Mackay
M.I. Wyman 15,262 6,258 9,003 368,986
N. J. Adami 8,885 3,839 5,046 164,077
A.C. Parker 6,134 2,454 3,679 91,359
Price per share for shares sold: GBP9.85
Date of sale: 20 June 2006
Date company informed of sale: 3 July 2006
The shares sold on behalf of the directors and PDMR"s to meet PAYE and NIC
liability (where applicable) were purchased by the EBT. Following these
transactions, the EBT holds a total of 3,034,685 ordinary shares in SABMiller
plc in which certain senior employees including the following directors and
PDMR"s have an interest as potential beneficiaries: Mr E.A.G. Mackay, Mr. M.I.
Wyman, Mr. N. J. Adami, Ms. S. Clark, Dr. A.J. Clark, Mr. J. Nel, Mr. A. C.
Parker, Mr. A.O.C. Tonkinson, Mr. C.A. van Kralingen, Mr. M. Sherrington, Mr.
B.J.K. Smith and *Mr. J. Davidson.
*PDMR designate
A.O.C. Tonkinson
Company Secretary
5 July 2006
Date: 05/07/2006 02:10:16 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department