Cropper(James) PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4068O)

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RNS Number : 4068O

Cropper(James) PLC

31 January 2023

31 January 2023

James Cropper Plc

(the "Company")

Director Dealing

The Company has been notified on 30 January 2023 that on the same day, 4,048 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Shares") were transferred to the children of Mark Cropper, a Director of the Company, at a price of nil pence per Share. This is part of the exercise of executing the late Lady Cropper's estate.

As a result of the above, Mark Cropper's interest in the Company has increased by 4,048 Shares and is as follows:

 
                    Beneficial      % of Issued   Non-beneficial      % of Issued 
      Director    Shareholding    Share Capital     Shareholding    Share Capital 
  Mark Cropper      1,831,013*            19.2%          559,571             5.9% 
                --------------  ---------------  ---------------  --------------- 
 

* Includes 486,924 Shares pledged as security.

The members of the Cropper 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 resultant interest of the Concert Party which is unchanged by the above transfers, directly and indirectly comprises 3,627,462 Shares, representing 38.0% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

 
 James Cropper PLC (AIM: CRPR)               Shore Capital 
  Isabelle Maddock, Chief Financial           Robert Finlay, Henry Willcocks 
  Officer                                     John More 
  Jim Aldridge, Company Secretary             Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7601 6100 
  Tel: [phone] 
  www.jamescropper.com 
 

The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of EU Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
   1    / person closely associated 
 a)    Names                             Mark Cropper 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
       Reason for the notification 
  2 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                   Director, Chairman 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification /Amendment   Initial Notification 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              James Cropper plc 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                               213800XM78VTDYGBRM93 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4     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      Ordinary Shares of 25p each 
        instrument, type of instrument 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)    Identification code               GB0002346053 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 c)    Nature of the transaction         Transfer of 4,048 Ordinary Shares 
                                          held by the Concert Party to 
                                          the children of Mark Cropper. 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)    Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                           nil         4,048 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information 
        - Aggregated volume                4,048 
        - Price                            nil 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transaction           30 January 2023 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction          Outside a Trading Venue 
 
 

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