Exercise of Options Replacement

 

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RNS Number : 7132R 
Dillistone Group PLC 
05 May 2009 
 

5 May 2009 
 
 
Dillistone Group Plc 
 
 
("Dillistone" or the "Company") 
 
This announcement replaces RNS 7018R released today at 15:06. 
 
 
Exercise of Options 
 
 
Dillistone, the AIM quoted supplier of recruitment software, announces that 
application has been made for the admission of 259,518 new ordinary shares of 5 
pence each in the share capital of Dillistone ("Ordinary Shares") to trading on 
AIM following the exercise, on 5 May 2009 by 23 employees, of share options 
granted on 3 May 2006 under the Company's share option schemes ("Share 
Options"). The exercise price of the Share Options was 16.154 pence per Ordinary 
Share. 
 
 
These new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares 
and it is expected that dealing in the new Ordinary Shares will commence on 11 
May 2009. 
37,143 of the Share Options exercised were exercised by Alexander James, 
Projects Director of Dillistone. Following this option exercise Alexander James 
is now beneficially interested in 40,498 Ordinary Shares which represents 
approximately 0.72 per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company 
following the exercise of the Share Options ("Enlarged Share Capital"). 
In addition, Dillistone was notified today that Mike Love, Non-Executive 
Director of Dillistone and Executive Directors Jason Starr, Jim McLaughlin and 
Rory Howard all purchased Ordinary Shares on 5 May 2009 at 130 pence per 
Ordinary Share as set out in the table below:- 
 
+--------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------------+--------------+--------------------+ 
| Director           | Number of     | Ordinary Shares held prior to       | Ordinary Shares held following    | 
|                    | Ordinary      | purchase                            | purchase                          | 
|                    | Shares        |                                     |                                   | 
|                    | purchased     |                                     |                                   | 
+--------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 
|                    |               | Number       | % of existing issued | Number       | % of Enlarged      | 
|                    |               |              | share capital        |              | Share Capital      | 
+--------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------------+--------------+--------------------+ 
| Mike Love          |        19,231 |          nil |                  nil |       19,231 |             0.34 % | 
+--------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------------+--------------+--------------------+ 
| Jason Starr        |        12,350 |    1,172,461 |               21.71% |    1,184,811 |            20.93 % | 
+--------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------------+--------------+--------------------+ 
| Jim McLaughlin     |        12,350 |    1,000,000 |               18.52% |    1,012,350 |            17.89 % | 
+--------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------------+--------------+--------------------+ 
| Rory Howard        |        12,350 |    1,162,461 |               21.53% |    1,174,811 |            20.76 % | 
+--------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------------+--------------+--------------------+ 
 
 
 For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and 
Transparency Rules, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue at today's date 
is 5,659,518  with each Ordinary Share holding one voting right.  There are no 
Ordinary Shares held in treasury. 
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the 
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their 
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure 
and Transparency Rules. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For further enquiries: 
 
 
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| Jim McLaughlin, Finance Director and Executive   | 01934 710 509        | 
| Chairman Dillistone Group Plc                    |                      | 
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| Emily Morgan, Blomfield Corporate Finance        | 0207 489 4500        | 
| Limited                                          |                      | 
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| Daniel Briggs, Religare Hichens, Harrison        | 0207 3827 776        | 
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| Tom Cooper, Winningtons Financial PR             | 0797 122 1972        | 
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Notes to Editors: 
 
 
Dillistone Group Plc is a leader in the supply and support of recruitment 
software to the search and selection market. Dillistone was admitted to AIM, a 
market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc in June 2006. 
 
 
Dillistone develops, publishes and supports Filefinder, its executive 
recruitment software, for recruitment companies and in-house recruitment teams. 
Filefinder is unique in providing tailored workflow and 24 hour support for 
global users, to mirror the profile and demands of an executive search 
assignment. Filefinder has been adopted by around 1,000 companies in more than 
55 countries. 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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