REG-Hardide PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding

Released: 31/07/2008

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RNS Number : 3798A  
  
Hardide PLC  
  
31 July 2008  
  
Hardide plc (the "Company")  
  
Directors' Dealings  
  
The board of the Company announces that Peter Davenport, the Finance Director of 
the Company, has notified the Company that on 30 July 2008, he acquired 500,000 
ordinary shares in the Company at 1.75 pence per share taking his holding to 
560,000 shares, which represents 0.3 per cent. of the issued ordinary share 
capital.  
  
In addition, in recognition of the considerable additional services recently 
provided to the Company by Hugh Smith and David Mott, non-executive directors of 
the Company, it has approved the payment to them of additional fees, to be 
satisfied by the allotment and issue of new ordinary shares in the Company to 
each of them as follows:  
  
 
  Director       Number of    Total            Total shareholding   
                 shares       Shareholding     as a %               
                                                                    
  Hugh Smith     233,333      4,012,900        2.12                 
                                                                    
  David Mott *   166,667      4,441,667        2.34                 
                                                                    
  
  
* shares to be issued to Oxford Capital Partners Limited, a company of which Mr 
Mott is a director.  
  
Application has been made for these 400,000 new ordinary shares to be admitted 
to trading on AIM and admission is expected to occur on 6 August 2008.  
  
 
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