Replacement Director/PDMR Shareholding

Taylor Maritime Investments Limited

15 November 2024

 

15 November 2024

Taylor Maritime Investments Limited (the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The following replaces the announcement released at 12:32 on 7 November 2024 under RNS Number 4010L in its entirety. The announcement previously stated 'The Price per Ordinary Share of USD1.06' This has been updated to reflect the correct exercise price for awards over the ordinary shares in the capital of the Company which were transferred after vesting and exercise of the awards.  

The Company announces the vesting and exercise of awards over ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted to Edward Buttery (Chief Executive Officer) and Yam Lay Tan (Chief Financial Officer) as follows:

Director/PDMR	Ordinary Shares Acquired	Price per Ordinary Share	Total Holding following Acquisition	% of the Company's issued share capital now held
Edward Buttery	835,600	Nil	1,450,600	0.439%
Yam Lay Tan	469,301	Nil	469,301	0.142%

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

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	Edward Buttery
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Taylor Maritime Investments Limited
b)	LEI	213800FELXGYTYJBBG50
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
	Identification code (ISIN)	GG00BP2NJT37
b)	Nature of the transaction	Receipt of award shares transferred from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust following exercise of nil cost options.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nil	835,600
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	835,600
	- Total Price	Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	27 September 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (off market)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Yam Lay Tan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Taylor Maritime Investments Limited
b)	LEI	213800FELXGYTYJBBG50
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
	Identification code (ISIN)	GG00BP2NJT37
b)	Nature of the transaction	Receipt of award shares transferred from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust following exercise of nil cost options.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			Nil	469,301
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	469,301
	- Total Price	Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	17 September 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (off market)

ENDS

For further information, please contact:  Taylor Maritime Investments Limited   Edward Buttery   Camilla Pierrepont [e-mail] Jefferies International Limited   Stuart Klein  Gaudi Le Roux [phone]  Sanne Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited Matt Falla [phone]

Notes to Editors

About the Company 

Taylor Maritime Investments Limited is an internally managed investment company listed under the closed-ended investment funds category of the FCA's UK Listing Rules sourcebook (previously the Premium Segment of the Official List), with its shares trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2021.  The Company specializes in the acquisition and chartering of vessels in the Handysize and Supra/Ultramax bulk carrier segments of the global shipping sector.  The Company invests in a diversified portfolio of vessels which are primarily second-hand and Japanese built.

The Company acquired a controlling stake in Grindrod Shipping Holdings Limited ("Grindrod") in December 2022 and, following a Selective Capital Reduction which took effect on 16 August 2024, Grindrod became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and was delisted from each of Nasdaq and the JSE.  As a result, the Company, through its subsidiaries, currently has an owned fleet of 32 dry bulk vessels, including vessels held for sale, consisting of 24 Handysize vessels and eight Supra/Ultramax vessels.  The Company also has six vessels in its chartered in fleet with purchase options on two. The ships are employed utilising a variety of employment/charter strategies.

The Company's target dividend policy is 8 cents p.a. paid on a quarterly basis, with a targeted total NAV return of 10-12% per annum over the medium to long-term.

The Company has the benefit of an experienced Executive Team led by Edward Buttery and who previously worked closely together at Taylor Maritime.  Taylor Maritime was established in 2014 as a privately owned ship-owning and management business with a seasoned team including the founders of dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin Shipping (listed in Hong Kong 2343.HK) and gas shipping company BW Epic Kosan (formerly Epic Shipping).  The commercial and technical management arms of Taylor Maritime were acquired by Grindrod in October 2023.

For more information, please visit www.taylormaritimeinvestments.com.

About Geared Vessels

Geared vessels are characterised by their own cargo loading and discharging equipment. The Handysize and Supra/Ultramax market segments are particularly attractive, given the flexibility, versatility and port accessibility of these vessels which carry necessity goods - principally food and products related to infrastructure building - ensuring broad diversification of fleet activity and stability of earnings through the cycle.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The information in this announcement may include forward-looking statements, which are based on the current expectations and projections about future events and in certain cases can be identified by the use of terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "anticipate", "project", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "target", "believe" (or the negatives thereon) or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company, including, among other things, the development of its business, trends in its operating industry, and future capital expenditures and acquisitions. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events in the forward-looking statements may not occur.

References to target dividend yields and returns are targets only and not profit forecasts and there can be no assurance that these will be achieved.

LEI: 213800FELXGYTYJBBG50

 

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