FIRST PROPERTY GROUP PLC Date:
On behalf of: Embargoed :
25 August 2017
First Property Group pie ("First Property", "the Company" or the "Group") Immediate release
First Property Group pie Director I PDMR shareholdingFirst Property Group pie (AIM: FPO), the property fund manager and investor, was today notified that George Digby, Group Finance Director, has yesterday transferred into his SIPP 45,000 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") by way of a sale and buy back at prices of 55.35 pence and 58.5 pence, respectively. Following this transaction, George Digby's beneficial interest in the Company remains unchanged at 620,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.53 per cent. of the total issued share capital of the Company.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities I person closely associated | |
a) | Name | George Digby |
2 | Reason for the notification | |
a) | Position/status | Director |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
a) | Name | First Property Group pie |
b) | LEI | 21380004C71 RSRQVHH77 |
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1p each ISIN : GB0004109889 |
Price(s) | Volume(s) |
55.35p | 45,000 |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Disposal of shares |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |
d) | Aggregated information
| N/A (Single transaction) |
e) | Date of the transaction | 24 August 2017 |
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities I person closely associated | |
a) | Name | George Digby |
2 | Reason for the notification | |
a) | Position/status | Director |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |
a) | Name | First Property Group pie |
b) | LEI | 21380004C71 RSRQVHH77 |
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1p each ISIN : GB0004109889 |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition by SIPP of George Digby |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | |
d) | Aggregated information
| N/A (Single transaction) |
e) | Date of the transaction | 24 August 2017 |
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
Price(s) | Volume(s) |
58.5p | 45,000 |
Ben Habib (Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer)
George Digby (Group Finance Director)
Jeremy Barkes (Director, Business Development)
Tel: 020 7340 0270
www.fprop.com
Arden PartnersChris Hardie I Benjamin Cryer
Tel: 020 7614 5900
Redleaf PolhillRobin Tozer I Henry Columbine
Tel: 020 7382 4747
firstproperty@redleafpr.com
Notes to investors and editors:First Property Group pie is an award winning property fund manager and investor with operations in the United Kingdom and Central Europe. Around one third of the shares in the Company are owned by management and their families.
Its focus is on higher yielding commercial property with sustainable cash flows. The company is flexible and takes an active approach to asset management. Its earnings are derived from:
Fund management - via its FCA regulated and AIFMD approved subsidiary, First Property Asset Management Ltd (FPAM), which earns fees from investing for third parties in property. FPAM currently manages eleven funds which are invested across the United Kingdom, Poland and Romania.
Group Properties - principal investments by the Group, to earn a return on its own capital, usually in partnership with third parties. Investments include ten directly held properties in Poland and Romania (including five held by Fprop Opportunities pie [FOP], in which the Group is currently the majority shareholder), and interests in nine other funds managed by FPAM.
Listed on AIM the Company has offices in London and Warsaw . Further information about the Company and its products can be found at: www.fprop.com .
First Property Group plc published this content on 25 August 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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