TIDMTHW Daniel Thwaites plc (the "Company") Notification of Purchase of Own Shares and Directors' Dealings in Shares . Pursuant to the general authority given to the Company by its shareholders at its recent annual general meeting, the Company announces that, on 13 July 2012 it purchased a total of 3,500,000 of its own ordinary shares at a price of GBP 0.82 per share from Guinness Peat Group plc. The shares re-purchased, which constituted 5.55% of the then total issued ordinary share capital of the Company, have been cancelled. In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following the purchase of own shares referred to above, there are 59,500,000 ordinary shares of the Company in issue. The above figure of 59,500,000 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 FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company also announces that, on 13 July 2012 dealings in shares of the Company by certain directors took place as follows: Director: Mr. R. A. J. Bailey Purchase by Mr. Roy Bailey, a family member of Mr. R. A. J. Bailey Purchase of 40,000 ordinary shares Price paid: GBP0.82 per share Director: Mr. R. A. J. Bailey Purchase of 25,000 ordinary shares Price paid: GBP0.82 per share Resultant total number of voting rights currently held by Mr. Bailey: 415,328 Percentage of issued ordinary share capital: 0.698% Director: Mr. P. A. Boddy Purchase of 25,000 shares Price paid: GBP0.82 per share Resultant total number of voting rights currently held by Mr. Boddy: 29,000 Percentage of issued ordinary share capital: 0.048% Director: Mr. R. G. R. Thompson Price paid: GBP0.82 per share Resultant total number of voting rights currently held by Mr. Thompson: 41,000 Percentage of issued ordinary share capital: 0.068% The total Directors' shareholding is 24,442,528 ordinary shares representing 41.07% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company. END
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July 13, 2012 11:47 ET (15:47 GMT)