Director's Share Purchase

 

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RNS Number : 7180L 
Melrose Resources PLC 
15 January 2009 
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
 
15 January 2009 
 
 
MELROSE RESOURCES PLC 
 
 
DIRECTOR'S SHARE PURCHASE 
 
 
Melrose Resources plc (LSE: MRS) ("the Company") announces that, on 15 January 
2009, it received notification of the following changes in a Director's 
shareholding as a result of the purchase of shares in the Company, further 
details of which are set out below. 
 
 
 
 
+----------------+---------------+--------+------------------+--------------+--------+ 
|       Ordinary |        Holding         |    Purchased     |       Holding         | 
|         shares | as at 13 January 2009  | 14 January 2009  |    14 January 2009    | 
|                |                        |       (1)        |                       | 
+----------------+------------------------+------------------+-----------------------+ 
|                |     No.       |   %    | No.              |    No.       |   %    | 
+----------------+---------------+--------+------------------+--------------+--------+ 
| R F M Adair    | 58,079,429    | 52.76  | 10,000           | 58,089,429   | 52.77  | 
| (2)            |               |        |                  |              |        | 
+----------------+---------------+--------+------------------+--------------+--------+ 
 
 
Notes: 
(1) The shares were acquired at GBP1.91 per ordinary share by Skye Investments 
Limited. 
(2) The interests of R F M Adair as at 14 January 2009 include 57,288,923 
ordinary shares held by Skye Investments Limited, a company in which he has a 
controlling interest. 
(3) The Company has 110,086,888 ordinary shares in issue. 
 
 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
 
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------+ 
| Melrose Resources plc                      | 0131 221 3360             | 
| Alasdair Robinson, Group Company Secretary |                           | 
|                                            |                           | 
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------+ 
| Buchanan Communications                    | 0207 466 5000             | 
| Ben Willey                                 |                           | 
| Ben Romney                                 |                           | 
+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------+ 
or visit www.melroseresources.com 
 
 
 
 
 
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