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3 December 2021
EJF INVESTMENTS LTD
PDMR Dealings
EJF Investments Ltd ("EJFI" or the "Company") announces that, in accordance with its dealing code, EJF Capital Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EJF Capital LLC (together with EJF Capital Limited, "EJF") and a "person closely associated" with EJF Investments Manager LLC, which is the Company's investment manager (the "Manager"), unconditionally agreed on 30 November 2021 to acquire 70,751 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of £1.285 per share from Hammad W. Khan in a private off-market transaction.
Mr. Khan is leaving EJF with the best wishes of the Company's Board of Directors to pursue a new opportunity and has stepped down as Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Manager. Mr. Khan currently remains a "person discharging managerial responsibilities" (a "PDMR") for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("MAR"). Neal Wilson, currently a voting member of the Manager's investment committee and Co-Chief Executive Officer of EJF, will replace Hammad Khan and has joined Peter Stage as Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Manager.
Following the settlement of this transaction:
· EJF Capital Limited is interested in 1,878,246 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 3.07% of the issued Ordinary Shares.
· Mr Khan has sold all of his Ordinary Shares.
Shares in the capital of the Company held in treasury have not been taken into account in the calculation of the above percentages.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of MAR, provides further detail in relation to the above transaction:
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||
| (a) | Name
| EJF Capital Limited | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification
| ||
| (a) | Position/status
| A wholly-owned subsidiary of EJF Capital LLC | |
| (b) | Initial notification/Amendment
| Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| (a) | Name
| EJF Investments Ltd | |
| (b) | LEI
| 549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| (a) | Description of financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of no par value
JE00BF0D1M25
| |
| (b) | Nature of the transaction
| Acquisition of Ordinary Shares | |
| (c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £1.285 | 70,751 | ||
| (d) | Aggregate information
· Aggregated volume
· Price
|
70,751
£90,915.04 | |
| (e) | Date of transaction
| 30 November 2021 | |
| (f) | Place of transaction
| Off-market | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||
| (a) | Name
| Hammad Khan | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification
| ||
| (a) | Position/status
| Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Manager and the Senior Managing Director, Europe, of EJF Capital Limited | |
| (b) | Initial notification/Amendment
| Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| (a) | Name
| EJF Investments Ltd | |
| (b) | LEI
| 549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| (a) | Description of financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of no par value
JE00BF0D1M25
| |
| (b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |
| (c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| £1.285 | 70,751 | ||
| (d) | Aggregate information
· Aggregated volume
· Price
|
70,751
£90,915.04 | |
| (e) | Date of transaction
| 30 November 2021 | |
| (f) | Place of transaction
| Off-market | |
ENQUIRIES
For the Investment Manager
EJF Investments Manager LLC
Peter Stage / Hammad Khan / Matt Gill
pstage@ejfcap.com / hkhan@ejfcap.com / mgill@ejfcap.com
+44 203 752 6775 / +44 203 752 6771 / +44 203 752 6774
For the Company Secretary and Administrator
BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A. Jersey Branch
jersey.bp2s.ejf.cosec@bnpparibas.com
+44 1534 709 181/ +44 1534 813 996
For the Broker
Numis Securities Limited
David Luck
d.luck@numis.com
+44 20 7260 1301
About EJF Investments Ltd
EJFI is a registered closed-ended limited liability company incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, on 20 October 2016 with registered number 122353. The Company is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC"). The JFSC is protected by both the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended, against liability arising from the discharge of its functions under such laws.
The JFSC has not reviewed or approved this announcement.
LEI: 549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25
Investor information & warnings
The latest available information on the Company can be accessed via its website at www.ejfi.com.
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