Chime Communications PLC - Vesting of CIP and Director's Dealings

Director’s sale of ordinary shares of 25 pence in the Company “Shares” The Board of Chime confirms the release of a total of 241,182 shares from the Chime Communications plc Employee Trust (“Trust”) following the vesting of awards made in 2011 under the Chime Communications Co-Investment Plan. Details of the awards due to Directors following an assessment of performance were disclosed in the Annual Report & Accounts 2013. As a result of the release of the shares, the following sales of shares by Directors took place on 16 September 2014:

Christopher Satterthwaite

Christopher Satterthwaite received 97,153 shares as a result of the release of awards and sold 46,464 shares to satisfy the tax liability arising on the vesting of the award shares. As a result of the vesting and the sale of shares Christopher Satterthwaite now holds the beneficial interest in a total of 530,848 shares representing 0.54% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

Mark Smith

Mark Smith received 63,158 shares as a result of the release of awards and sold 30,205 shares to satisfy the tax liability arising on the vesting of the award shares. As a result of the vesting and the sale of shares Mark Smith now holds the beneficial interest in a total of 439,763 shares representing 0.44% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

The sales notified under this disclosure were at an average price of £3.1486 pence per share on 16 September 2014.

The Chime Shares referred to above are Chime’s ordinary shares of 25p each and the total number of shares in issue is 99,170,861 with each ordinary share carrying the right to vote

For further details contact:

Robert Davison
Group Secretary
+44 (0)20 7096 5888

James Henderson
Pelham Bell Pottinger
+44 (0)20 7861 3232