Director/PDMR Shareholding

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IQGeo Group PLC

20 April 2021

 

20 April 2021

IQGEO Group Plc

Directors' Dealings

IQGEO Group plc (LSE:IQG, "Company" or "IQGEO") received notification on 20 April 2021 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 20 April 2021 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary clients, an aggregate of 42,500 ordinary shares of 2p each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.06412 per share for accounts managed by Kestrel.

Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in IQGEO.

Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 10,517,659 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 3,871,861 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 14,389,520 Shares in the Company, which represents 25.11 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

Holding type	Nominee	No. of shares	% of issued share capital
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	10,517,659	18.35%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	170,955	0.30%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	3,700,906	6.46%

For further information contact:

IQGEO Group plc	[phone]
Richard Petti
Haywood Chapman
finnCap Ltd	[phone]
Henrik Persson, Matt Radley (Corporate Finance)
Tim Redfern, Richard Chambers (ECM)

ANNEX

Template for 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
a)	Name	Kestrel Partners LLP
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director IQGeo Group plc)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	IQGEO Group plc
b)	LEI	213800P2PCLCEFANB194
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 Identification code	2p Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00B3NCXX73
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 20 April 2020 GBP 1.06 25,000 Shares GBP 1.07 17,500 Shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Total 42,500 shares @ GBP 1.06412
e)	Date of the transaction	2021-04-20
f)

 

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