Director/PDMR Shareholding

    RNS Number : 1299H
  Chieftain Group PLC
  31 October 2008
   
     Chieftain Group PLC (the 'Company')
    31 October 2008
    Exercise of Options
    Chieftain Group plc announces that at a board meeting held on 24 October 2008 it allotted 260,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the
Company following the exercise of options by the executive directors listed below in accordance with the Company's Executive Share Option
Scheme 2006. 
 Director                                             Number of shares
 William Taylor (Chief Executive)                               60,000
 Laurence Adams (Executive Director)                            40,000
 Malcolm Oliver (Deputy Chief Executive)                        40,000
 Stan Elliott (Finance Director & Company Secretary)            40,000
 Anthony Cutchie (Executive Director)                           40,000
 Raymond Johnson (Executive Director)                           40,000
 Total                                                         260,000
    Following the exercise of options the executive directors of the Company have the following beneficial interests in the issued share
capital of the Company, all of which have accepted the Offer from Redhall Group plc:
 Director                        Number of shares   Percentage of issued shared capital
                                                                                    (%)
 William Taylor (Chief                  1,062,280                                 11.77
 Executive)
 Laurence Adams (Executive                  40000                                 0.004
 Director)
 Malcolm Oliver (Deputy Chief              75,099                                 0.008
 Executive)
 Stan Elliott (Finance Director             40000                                 0.004
 & Company Secretary)
 Anthony Cutchie (Executive                70,000                                 0.008
 Director)
 Raymond Johnson (Executive                 40100                                 0.004
 Director)
 Total                                  1,327,479                                 14.71
    Application is not being made for admission of the new ordinary shares to trading on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange.
    The enlarged issued share capital of the Company now consists of 9,018,500 ordinary shares of 5p each.
    Enquiries:
    Chieftain Group plc      
    Stan Elliott, Finance Director            0191 263 5544
    Brewin Dolphin                
    Andrew Emmott                               0845 270 8610



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