Director/PDMR Shareholding

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) Isabelle Maddock, Chief Financial Officer Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary Tel: [phone] www.jamescropper.com

Shore Capital   Robert Finlay, Henry Willcocks   John More   Tel:  + 44 (0) 20 7601 6100

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 - 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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