21 Sep 2018 16:33
21 September 2018
Charter Court Financial Services Group plc
Application for Block Listing
Charter Court Financial Services Group plc ("Charter Court" or the "Company"), one of the UK's leading specialist challenger banks, announces that an application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the block listing of 190,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each to trade on the London Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon issuance. When issued these shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares of the Company.
Admission is expected to be effective on 25 September 2018. These shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued pursuant to the Company's 2017 Performance Share Plan to satisfy an all employee share award granted in October 2017.
Enquiries:
Charter Court Financial Services Group plc investor.relations@chartercourtfs.co.uk
Citigate Dewe Rogerson chartercourt@citigatedr.co.uk
Sandra Novakov 020 7638 9571
Michael Russell
About Charter Court Financial Services Group plc
Charter Court is one of the UK's leading specialist challenger banks by originations, founded in 2008 by its senior management team and purpose built to focus on specialist buy to let, residential, bridging and second charge mortgage lending. We operate through our three brands - Precise Mortgages, Exact Mortgage Experts and Charter Savings Bank - providing buy to let and specialist residential mortgages; mortgage servicing, administration and credit consultancy; and retail savings products.
We have continued to grow in our chosen markets and to translate that growth into strong financial and operational performance. At 30 June 2018, our total mortgage balances stood at £5.7 billion generated through our relationships with more than 21,000 registered introducers nationwide, whilst Charter Savings Bank held £4.3 billion in retail deposits at the same date from around 125,000 retail savings accounts.
Underpinning our success, our risk management expertise and technology and systems ensure efficient processing, strong credit and collateral risk control and speed of product development and innovation. These factors have enabled our strong balance sheet growth whilst maintaining the high credit quality of our mortgage assets.
Charter Court was admitted to the main market of the London Stock Exchange in October 2017 (CCFS.L). Charter Court Financial Services Limited, a subsidiary of the Group, is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the PRA. Charter Mortgages Limited, also a subsidiary of the Group, is authorised and regulated by the FCA.