Dairy Crest Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1103Y)

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RNS Number : 1103Y

Dairy Crest Group PLC

26 November 2014

Dairy Crest Group plc ("Dairy Crest")

Dealings by Directors

Dairy Crest's 2011 Deferred Bonus Plan ("2011 DBP") and 2011 Long Term Incentive Share Plan ("2011 LTISP") both vested following the announcement by the Company on 6 November 2014 of its agreement, conditional on the approval of the relevant competition authorities and of shareholders, to sell the assets of its Dairies operations to Müller UK & Ireland Group.

On 26 November 2014 Dairy Crest's three Executive Directors, Mark Allen, Tom Atherton and Martyn Wilks informed Dairy Crest that on 25 November 2014 they had exercised the following nil-cost options over Dairy Crest ordinary 25 pence shares under the 2011 DBP and 2011 LTISP.

 
                 2011 DBP(*)   2011 LTISP(*) 
 Mark Allen            6,135          38,910 
                ------------  -------------- 
 Tom Atherton                          5,201 
                ------------  -------------- 
 Martyn Wilks          4,146          26,030 
                ------------  -------------- 
 

(*Includes value in shares of dividends during the period from grant to exercise)

Following exercise of their options under the 2011 DBP and 2011 LTISP, on 25 November 2014 Dairy Crest's Executive Directors sold the following Dairy Crest shares in order to meet the income tax and national insurance liabilities arising on exercise.

 
                 No. of shares   Percentage of issued   Price at which disposed 
                  disposed        class disposed         (per share) 
 Mark Allen             21,180                  0.015                  GBP5.007 
                --------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 Tom Atherton            2,451                  0.002                  GBP5.007 
                --------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 Martyn Wilks           14,191                  0.010                  GBP5.007 
                --------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 

Following the above mentioned exercise and sale of Dairy Crest shares, Dairy Crest's Executive Directors retain the following interests in shares of the Company.

 
                 Total holding             Total percentage holding   Total number of shares 
                  following notification    following notification     over which options 
                                                                       held following notification 
 Mark Allen                      167,663                      0.122                        257,701 
                ------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Tom Atherton                      6,097                      0.004                         58,633 
                ------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 Martyn Wilks                     62,396                      0.046                        172,321 
                ------------------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------- 
 

Robin Miller - Company Secretary

For further information:

Arthur Reeves, Dairy Crest 01372 472236

Tim Danaher, Brunswick 020 7404 5959

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