BTR PLC - Directors Shareholding

RNS No 6397d
BTR PLC
12th December 1997


Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
BTR plc

2   Name of director:
Ms Kathleen Anne O'Donovan

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
Director

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
Ms Kathleen Anne O'Donovan

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
n/a

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
Purchase of shares

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
40,000 

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.001

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
n/a

10  Percentage of issued class:
n/a

11  Class of security:
Ordinary shares 25p

12  Price per share:
181p

13  Date of transaction:
12 December 1997

14  Date company informed:
12 December 1997

15  Total holding following this notification:
55,552

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
0.001

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:


18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:


19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:


20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:


21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:


22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:


23  Contact name for queries:
Mr E O M Eilledge

24  Contact telephone number:
0171 834 3848

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mr Casson Brown


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