RNS Number : 4836A
BG GROUP plc
08 October 2009
A. Notification of Interests in Shares
BG Group plc Share Incentive Plan 2008 ('SIP') - Partnership Shares
BG Group plc announces that today the following Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were awarded the numbers of BG Group plc Ordinary Shares of 10p each (Shares) set out below under the terms of the SIP. As a result of these awards the interests in the ordinary share capital of BG Group plc have increased as shown.
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Partnership Shares awarded at a price of £10.55 per Share
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Revised interest in Shares
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Executive Directors
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Frank Chapman
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71
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1,721,107
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Ashley Almanza
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71
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540,638
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PDMRs
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Jørn Berget
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71
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124,499
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Robert Booker
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71
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17,027
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Mark Carne
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71
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123,439
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Sami Iskander
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71
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418
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Graham Vinter
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71
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7,959
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Note: The SIP is a HM Revenue & Customs approved all-employee share scheme. Under the rules of the SIP, partnership shares are awarded to all eligible employees at the lower of the market value at the beginning of the six-month accumulation period and the date the shares are acquired.
B. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
BG Group plc also announces that it has today transferred to the Trustee of its SIP 65,721 Shares at a price of £10.55 per Share. The transferred Shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.
Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 222,138,569 Shares as treasury shares. The total number of Shares in issue (excluding Shares held as treasury shares) is 3,369,101,173.
BG Group plc
8 October 2009
website www.bg-group.com
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