Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1195W
Bank of Georgia Group PLC
15 April 2019
 

 

 

 

London, 15 April 2019

 

Bank of Georgia Group PLC announces market purchase of shares for its Employee Benefit Trust

 

 

Bank of Georgia Group PLC (the Group) was notified by Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited (Sanne), acting as trustee of the BOG Group Employee Trust (the Trust), that Sanne, through a broker-managed buyback programme, purchased in the market 40,000 Bank of Georgia Group PLC ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.01 each (Shares) at an average price of £17.08 (rounded to two decimal points) per Share, traded on 12 April 2019 with a settlement date of 16 April 2019.

 

The Trust holds the Shares for the purpose of satisfying awards to be awarded to beneficiaries of the Trust. The executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility of the Group are potential beneficiaries under the Trust and are therefore treated as having an interest in such Shares.

 

Upon settlement of the above transaction, the Trust will hold a total of 125,700 Shares, representing approximately 0.26% of the Group's issued ordinary share capital.

 

Of the 125,700 Shares held by the Trust, no Shares are allocated to existing awards.

 

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: 

Link Company Matters Limited, Company Secretary

 

 

About Bank of Georgia Group PLC

 

Bank of Georgia Group PLC ("Bank of Georgia Group" or the "Group" - LSE: BGEO LN) is a UK incorporated holding company, which comprises: a) retail banking and payment services, b) corporate investment banking and wealth management operations and c) banking operations in Belarus ("BNB"). JSC Bank of Georgia ("Bank of Georgia", "BOG" or the "Bank"), the leading universal bank in Georgia, is the core entity of the Group. The Group targets to benefit from superior growth of the Georgian economy through both its retail banking and corporate investment banking services and aims to deliver on its strategy, which is based on at least 20% ROAE and 15-20% growth of its loan book

 

 

JSC Bank of Georgia has, as of the date hereof, the following credit ratings:



Fitch Ratings

'BB-/B'

Moody's

'Ba3/NP' (FC) & 'Ba2/NP' (LC)

 

For further information, please visit www.bankofgeorgiagroup.com or contact:

 

Archil Gachechiladze

Michael Oliver

Natia Kalandarishvili

Group CEO

Adviser to the CEO

Head of Investor Relations

+995 322 444 144

+44 203 178 4034

+995 322 444 444 (9282)

agachechiladze@bog.ge

moliver@bgeo.com

ir@bog.ge

 

 

This news report is presented for general informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities


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