Johnston Press PLC Regulatory News (JPR)

30 Mar 2006 12:44

Johnston Press PLC30 March 2006 Johnston Press plc (the "Company") Director/PMDR Shareholding The Company has been informed that the following directors and the companysecretary exercised options over ordinary shares of 10p each on 29 March 2006under the rules of the Johnston Press plc Executive Share Option Scheme. Inorder to fund the exercises and any tax and national insurance due on theexercises, each executive sold ordinary shares of 10p each on the same day at aprice of 480p to make the exercises cash neutral in each case. Full details areprovided in the table below. Name of Director Options Option Shares Exercised Price (p) SoldT J Bowdler 169,777 347 142,750S R Paterson 67,242 347 56,550 Name of Company Secretary Options Option Shares Exercised Price (p) SoldP R Cooper 22,838 347 19,250 After the above transactions, the total number of shares in which the executivesare now interested is as follows: Name of Executive Resultant InterestT J Bowdler 855,928S R Paterson 489,545P R Cooper 407,239 30 March 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange