Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0340V

IQGeo Group PLC

03 April 2023

 

3 April 2023

IQGEO Group Plc

Directors' Dealings

IQGEO Group plc (LSE:IQG, "Company" or "IQGEO") received notification on 31 March 2023 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 28 March and 31 March 2023 it purchased for, on behalf of its discretionary clients, an aggregate of 62,126 ordinary shares of 2p each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.97738 per share.

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) 11,726,984 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 4,560,948 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 16,287,932 Shares in the Company, which represents 26.47 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	11,726,984	19.06%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	352,410	0.57%
Indirect Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd Northern Trust Company AVFC	4,069,727 138,811	6.61% 0.23%

For further information contact:

IQGEO Group plc	[phone]
Richard Petti
Haywood Chapman
finnCap Ltd	[phone]
Henrik Persson, Seamus Fricker (Corporate Finance)
Tim Redfern, Charlotte Sutcliffe (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)	28 March 2023 Price(s) Volume(s) 1.969412 53,126 shares 31 March 2023 Price(s) Volume(s) 2.02444 9,000 shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Total  62,126 shares @ GBP 1.97738
e)	Date of the transaction	28 and 31 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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