13 Jan 2020 11:05
13 January 2020
James Cropper plc
(the "Company")
Directors' Dealings
The Company was notified on 10 January 2020 that on the same day, Mark Cropper, Chairman, purchased 2,250 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") from a member of the Cropper family and a member of the Willink family at a price of 1,340p per Share.
As a result of the above, Mark Cropper's resultant interest in the Company is as follows:
Director | Beneficial Shareholding | % of Issued Share Capital | Non-beneficial Shareholding | % of Issued Share Capital |
Mark Cropper | 1,834,802* | 19.2% | 559,571 | 5.9% |
* Includes 486,924 Shares pledged as security.
The members of the Cropper family, the Willink family and Mark Cropper are deemed to be acting in concert and regarded by the Takeover Panel to be members of the concert party detailed in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 30 June 2015 (the "Concert Party"). The total interest of the Concert Party, directly and indirectly, remains unchanged at 3,643,501 Shares, representing 38.1% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Enquiries:
James Cropper PLC (AIM: CRPR) Isabelle Maddock, Chief Financial Officer Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 1539 722002 www.jamescropper.com
| Shore Capital Robert Finlay, Henry Willcocks Anita Ghanekar, John More Tel: + 44 (0) 207 408 4090
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The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Names | Mark Cropper | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| Director, Chairman | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name | James Cropper plc | ||||||
b)
| LEI | 213800XM78VTDYGBRM93 | ||||||
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 of 25p each | ||||||
b) | Identification code
| GB0002346053 | ||||||
c)
| Nature of the transaction
| Buy | ||||||
d)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
2,250 30,150.00 | ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 10 January 2020 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | Off Exchange | ||||||
Cropper (J) (CRPR)