01 February 2012

Director's/PDMR's shareholding

Kewill plc (Ticker: KWL) ("Kewill" or the "Group"), the provider of software solutions that accelerate global trade and logistics, announces that on 31 January 2012 it purchased, through Investec, 634,396 Ordinary Shares of 1p each ('Shares') in the Company at an average price of 70 pence per share.  The Company purchased the shares principally for immediate director and employee share option vesting.

A total of 568,938 shares will be issued to Paul Nichols, Chief Executive Officer, in satisfaction of the exercise of 1,264,000 options held by Mr Nichols under the company's Executive Share Option Plan at a price of  18.75 pence per share and which were due to expire on 15 August 2012. In satisfaction of Mr Nichols' exercise of options over 695,062 shares, the Company made a cash payment to  Mr Nichols.  Mr Nichols applied the cash payment in paying the exercise price for the remaining options and resulting tax, with Mr Nichols retaining the maximum number of after-tax shares available.

Following this transaction, Mr Nichols' total holding in the Company will be 950,923 shares, representing 1.045% of the issued share capital.

A total of 51,162 shares will be issued for non-PDMR vesting of share awards, following which the company will hold the remaining 4,296 shares in treasury. The total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company is currently at 90,971,175.

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About Kewill plc.

Kewill delivers solutions that accelerate global trade and logistics.

Our software solutions and deep domain knowledge enable our customers to drive revenue growth and measurable cost savings. 

A global company, Kewill provides software that accelerates customs and forwarding, transportation & logistics, and eCommerce & B2B integration. All of our solutions and people are focused on increasing the speed of global trade for our customers.

Since 1972, Kewill has delivered global trade and logistics solutions to some of the most sophisticated companies in the world. Over 7,000 companies use Kewill solutions including Bayer, Ingersoll Rand, DHL, UPS, TNT, Toll, Hankyu Hanshin, Scott's & Co., Hitachi, WaverleyTBS, Mothercare, Black & Decker and Damco.

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