12 September 2022
James Cropper Plc
(the "Company")
Director Dealing
The Company has been notified on 8 September 2022 that on 7 September, Mark Cropper, Chairman of the Company, purchased 3,036 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of 988.0p per Share from two members of the Cropper family.
Following the transactions, Mark Cropper's share interest has increased as follows:
Director | Beneficial Shareholding | % of Issued Share Capital | Non-beneficial Shareholding | % of Issued Share Capital |
Mark Cropper | 1,859,932* | 19.5% | 559,571 | 5.9% |
* Includes 486,924 Shares pledged as security.
The members of the Cropper family and Mark Cropper are deemed to be acting in concert and regarded by the Takeover Panel to be members of the concert party detailed in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 30 June 2015 (the "Concert Party"). The total interest of the Concert Party, directly and indirectly, is 3,624,417 Shares, representing 37.9% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Enquiries:
James Cropper PLC (AIM: CRPR) Isabelle Maddock, Chief Financial Officer Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 1539 722002 | Shore Capital Robert Finlay, Henry Willcocks John More Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7601 6100
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The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Names | Mark Cropper | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| Director, Chairman | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name | James Cropper plc | ||||||
b)
| LEI | 213800XM78VTDYGBRM93 | ||||||
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 the financial instrument, type of instrument
| Ordinary Shares of 25p each | ||||||
b) | Identification code
| GB0002346053 | ||||||
c)
| Nature of the transaction
| Buy | ||||||
d)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
3,036 29,995.68 | ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 7 September 2022 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | Off Exchange
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