REG - Cropper(James) PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

James CropperAnnouncement

31/01/2023 10:00

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RNS Number : 4068O  Cropper(James) PLC  31 January 2023

31 January 2023

 

James Cropper Plc

(the "Company")

 

Director Dealing

 

The Company has been notified on 30 January 2023 that on the same day, 4,048
ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") were transferred to the
children of Mark Cropper, a Director of the Company, at a price of nil pence
per Share. This is part of the exercise of executing the late Lady Cropper's
estate.

 

 

As a result of the above, Mark Cropper's interest in the Company has increased
by 4,048 Shares and is as follows:

 Director      Beneficial Shareholding  % of Issued Share Capital  Non-beneficial Shareholding  % of Issued Share Capital
 Mark Cropper  1,831,013*               19.2%                      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 resultant interest of the Concert Party which is
unchanged by the above transfers, directly and indirectly comprises 3,627,462
Shares, representing 38.0% of the issued share capital of the Company.

 

Enquiries:

 James Cropper PLC (AIM: CRPR)                             Shore Capital

 Isabelle Maddock, Chief Financial Officer                 Robert Finlay, Henry Willcocks

 Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary                           John More

 Tel: +44 (0) 1539 722002                                  Tel:  + 44 (0) 20 7601 6100

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

 

The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU
Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:

 

 

   1    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                                    Transfer of 4,048 Ordinary Shares held by the Concert Party to the children of

                                                            Mark Cropper.

 d)     Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Price(s)  Volume(s)

                                                                   nil       4,048

 d)     Aggregated information

        - Aggregated volume                                          4,048

        - Price                                                      nil
 e)     Date of the transaction                                      30 January 2023

 f)     Place of the transaction                                     Outside a Trading Venue

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

4,048

nil

e)

 

Date of the transaction

30 January 2023

f)

 

Place of the transaction

Outside a Trading Venue

 

 

 

 

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