Georgia Capital Regulatory News (CGEO)

London, 15 April 2019

Georgia Capital announces market purchase of shares for its Employee Benefit Trust

Georgia Capital PLC (CGEO or the Group) was notified by Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited (Sanne), acting as trustee of the JSC Georgia Capital Executive Equity Compensation Trust (the Trust), that Sanne, through an independent broker-managed buyback programme, purchased in the market 27,096 CGEO ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.01 each (Shares) at a price of £10.81 (rounded to two decimal points) per Share, traded on 12 April 2019 with a settlement date of 16 April 2019.

The Trust holds the Shares for the purpose of satisfying awards to be awarded to beneficiaries of the Trust. The executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility of the Group are potential beneficiaries under the Trust and are therefore treated as having an interest in such Shares. Upon settlement of the above transaction, the Trust will hold a total of 1,676,750 Shares, representing approximately 4.43% of CGEO's issued ordinary share capital.

Of the 1,676,750 Shares held by the Trust, 289,500 Shares are allocated to existing awards.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification: Link Company Matters Limited, Company Secretary

About Georgia Capital PLC

Georgia Capital is the holding company of a diversified group focused on investing in and developing businesses in Georgia with holdings in sectors that are expected to benefit from the continued growth and further diversification of the Georgian economy, the opening of the Georgian economy to Europe and economic development in the wider region. The Group seeks to capture growth in the sectors in which it currently operates and drive the development of new high-growth businesses in Georgia, which it intends to add either by acquiring businesses in their early development stage or by establishing greenfield businesses, often consolidating fragmented or underdeveloped markets. The Group currently has four key portfolio companies: (i) GGU, a water utility and renewable energy business; (ii) m2, a residential and commercial property developer; (iii) Aldagi, the foremost provider of property and casualty insurance products in Georgia; and (iv) Teliani, a leading wine and beer producer in Georgia.

In addition to its portfolio companies, the Group holds investments in two London Stock Exchange premium-listed Georgian businesses: GHG, (57% stake), the parent company of the largest and diversified healthcare provider in Georgia, which operates in the healthcare services, pharmacy and medical insurance sectors; and Bank of Georgia Group PLC, (19.9% stake), a leading universal bank in Georgia.

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