EJF Investments Ltd PDMR Dealings (0878H)

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RNS Number : 0878H

EJF Investments Ltd

08 March 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8 March 2018

EJF Investments Ltd.

PDMR Dealings

EJF Investments Ltd. (the "Company") was notified on 7 March 2018 that on the same date, EJF Investments Manager LLC (the "Manager"), the Company's Investment Manager, acquired 534,135 ordinary shares in the Company at an average price of 171.5p pence per share. This transaction was in satisfaction of the Incentive Fee payable to the Investment Manager for the Incentive Fee Period ending 31 December 2017 and the Incentive Shares are subject to its Lock-Up Deed.

The Manager is a "person discharging managerial responsibilities" for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("MAR").

Following this transaction, the Manager is interested in 534,135 ordinary shares, representing approximately 1.0% of the issued shares in that class of shares in the capital of the Company, and 375,000 zero dividend preference shares with a redemption date in 2022, representing approximately 2.5% of the issued shares in that class of shares in the capital of the Company.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of MAR, provides further detail in relation to the above transaction:

 
 1      Details of the person discharging managerial 
         responsibilities / person closely associated 
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 (a)    Name                              EJF Investments Manager LLC 
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 2      Reason for the notification 
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 (a)    Position/status                   The Company's Investment Manager 
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 (b)    Initial notification/Amendment    Initial notification 
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 3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
         market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
         or auction monitor 
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 (a)    Name                              EJF Investments Ltd 
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 (b)    LEI                               549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25 
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 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 
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 (a)    Description of                    Ordinary shares of no par value 
         financial instrument, 
         type of instrument 
                                           JE00BF0D1M25 
         Identification 
         code 
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 (b)    Nature of the                     Purchase of ordinary shares 
         transaction 
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 (c)    Price(s) and                      Price(s)          Volume(s) 
         volume(s) 
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                                          171.5p            534,135 
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             Aggregate information 
 
               *    Aggregated volume 
 
                                            534,135 
 
 (d)           *    Price                   916,042 
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 (e)    Date of transaction               7 March 2018 
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 (f)    Place of transaction              On-market 
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For further information please contact:

 
                                        [phone] 
 EJF Investments Manager LLC                      6771 
 Neal Wilson 
  Lindsay Sparacino 
  Peter Stage 
  Hammad Khan 
 
 Company Secretary and Administrator 
 Crestbridge Fund Administrators          +44 (0) 1534 
  Limited                                      835 600 
 
 Liberum Capital Limited (Financial     [phone] 
  Adviser and Sole Bookrunner)                    2000 
 Henry Freeman (Investment Banking) 
 Gillian Martin (Investment Banking) 
 Louis Davies (Investment Banking) 
 Andrew Davies (Sales) 
 Anastasia Mikhailova (Sales) 
 Jack Kershaw (Sales) 
 

About EJF Investments Limited

EJFI is a registered closed-ended limited liability company incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended, on 20 October 2016 with registered number 122353. The Company is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC"). The JFSC is protected by both the Collective Investment Funds (Jersey) Law 1988 and the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended, against liability arising from the discharge of its functions under such laws.

LEI: 549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25

Investor information & warnings

The latest available information on the Company can be accessed via its website at www.ejfi.com.

This communication has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, the Company and is for information purposes only. It is not, and is not intended to be an invitation, inducement, offer or solicitation to deal in the shares of the Company. The price and value of shares in the Company and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of shares in the Company. An investment in the Company should be considered only as part of a balanced portfolio of which it should not form a disproportionate part. Prospective investors are advised to seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice before making any investment decision.

This information is provided by RNS

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