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RNS Number : 3102T  EJF Investments Ltd  14 January 2025

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14 January 2025

 

EJF INVESTMENTS LTD

 

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial
responsibilities

 

EJF Investments Ltd ("EJFI" or the "Company") announces that, in accordance
with its dealing code, Nick Watkins, Non-Executive Director of the Board of
Directors of the Company and a "person discharging managerial
responsibilities" (a "PDMR") for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014
on Market Abuse as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of
the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), acquired 10,000 ordinary
shares of no par value in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 14 January 2025
at a price of 128.7936 pence per share on the London Stock Exchange.

 

Following the settlement of this transaction, Nick Watkins is interested in
20,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.03% of the issued
Ordinary Shares, and 10,000 zero preference shares with a redemption date in
2025 ("2025 ZDP Shares"), representing approximately 0.06% of the issued 2025
ZDP 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 notification 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 ("PDMR") /
      person closely associated ("PCA")
 (a)  Name                                                     Nick Watkins
 2    Reason for the notification
 (a)  Position/status                                          Non-Executive Director
 (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  Ordinary Shares

      Identification code:

                                                               JE00BF0D1M25
 (b)  Nature of the transaction                                Purchase of Ordinary Shares
 (c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                                   Price(s)                   Volume(s)
      128.7936 pence                                                                      10,000

 (d)  Aggregate information

      ·    Aggregated volume                                   10,000

      ·    Price                                               £12,879.36
 (e)  Date of transaction                                      14 January 2025
 (f)  Place of transaction                                     London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 

ENQUIRIES

For the Manager

EJF Investments Manager LLC

Adeeb Ahmed / Jay Ghatalia

aahmed@ejfcap.com (mailto:aahmed@ejfcap.com) / jghatalia@ejfcap.com

+44 203 752 6774 / +44 203 752 6776

 

For the Company Secretary and Administrator

Apex Financial Services (Alternative Funds) Limited

EJFIcosec@apexgroup.com

+44 204 549 0721

 

For the Brokers

Barclays Bank PLC

Dion Di Miceli / Stuart Muress

BarclaysInvestmentCompanies@barclays.com

 +44 20 7623 2323

 

Panmure Liberum

Darren Vickers

ejfinvestments@liberum.com

+44 203 100 2222

 

About EJF Investments Ltd

EJFI's objective is to provide shareholders with attractive risk adjusted
returns through regular dividends and capital growth over the long term. EJFI
generates exposure primarily to a diversified portfolio of loans issued by
financial institutions and related or similar assets in the U.S., U.K. and
Europe.

 

EJFI currently invests primarily in CDO Equity Tranches structured by an
affiliate of EJF Capital LLC, providing levered exposure to a highly
diversified portfolio of securities issued by U.S. financial institutions
(banks and insurance companies), these being Risk Retention Investments.

 

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 (http://www.ejfi.com) .

 

This communication has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the
Company and is for information purposes only. It is not, and is not intended
to be an invitation, inducement, offer or solicitation to deal in the shares
of the Company. The price and value of shares in the Company and the income
from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full
amount invested on disposal of shares in the Company. An investment in the
Company should be considered only as part of a balanced portfolio of which it
should not form a disproportionate part. Prospective investors are advised to
seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice before making
any investment decision.

 

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