| Date: | 26 September 2024 |
| On behalf of: | First Property Group plc ("First Property", the "Company" or the "Group") |
| Embargoed: | Immediate release |
First Property Group plc
Director / PDMR Dealing
First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the property fund manager and investor with operations in the United Kingdom and Central Europe, announces that, further to the announcements of 3 September and 18 September 2024 regarding the Group's open offer (the "Announcements"), a Qualifying Shareholder (as defined in the Announcements) has failed to make payment of £64,000 for their Open Offer Entitlement (which they applied for) of 800,000 Open Offer Shares. As a result, these Open Offer Shares have been acquired by Ben Habib pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (further details of which are set out in the Announcements) at 8 pence per Open Offer Share (being the issue price of the Open Offer Shares).
As a result of this acquisition, the table below sets out Ben Habib's interests in Ordinary Shares of the Group.
| Director/PDMR | Number of existing Ordinary Shares | % of the Share Capital | Number of Ordinary Shares following the purchase | % of the Share Capital |
| Ben Habib | 23,064,357 | 15.60% | 23,864,357 | 16.14% |
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (2014/596/EU) as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as modified by or under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 or other domestic law, provide further detail.
Any defined terms used take the meaning given to them in the Announcements, unless otherwise defined.
For further information please contact:
| First Property Group plc | Tel: +44 (20) 7340 0270 |
| Ben Habib (Chief Executive Officer) Laura James (Group Finance Director) Jeremy Barkes (Director, Business Development) Jill Aubrey (Director, Compliance & Company Secretary) |
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| Allenby Capital (Nominated Adviser & Broker) | Tel: + 44 (20) 3328 5656 |
| Nick Naylor/ Daniel Dearden-Williams (Corporate Finance) Amrit Nahal / Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking))
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NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| a) | Name | 1. Benyamin Habib
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| 2 | Reason for the notification
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| a) | Position/status | 1. Chief Executive Officer
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| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification
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| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | First Property Group plc
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| b) | LEI | 213800O4C71RSRQVHH77
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| 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
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| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1p each | |
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| Identification code | GB0004109889 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the underwriting of an open offer
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| c) | Price(s) and volumes(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s)
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| 1. 8 pence
| 1. 800,000
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| d) | Aggregated information | N/A
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| Aggregated volume | N/A
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| Price | N/A
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 26 September 2024
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of a trading venue
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