James Cropper PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Feb 14, 2025

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RNS Number : 2362X

Cropper(James) PLC

14 February 2025

James Cropper plc

(the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Company has been notified that, on 13 February 2025, Mark Cropper (Non-Executive Chair) purchased 117,022 ordinary shares in the Company of 25p each ("Shares") at a price of £1.975 per Share.

Following the above changes, Mark Cropper has the following interests in the Company's share capital:

Shareholding
No. Shares	% share capital*
Beneficial	2,012,999	21.1
Non-beneficial	559,571	5.9
Total	2,572,570	27.0

*based on the Company's issued Share capital of 9,554,803 Shares

Mark Cropper and members of the Cropper, Willink and Acland families are deemed to act in concert and are regarded by the Takeover Panel as being members of a concert party as detailed in the Company's circular to shareholders dated 30 June 2015 (the "Concert Party").  The Concert Party has a collective interest in 3,624,109 Ordinary Shares representing 37.9% of the Company's issued share capital. The 117,022 Shares purchased by Mark Cropper referenced in this announcement were purchased from another member of the Concert Party.  The collective interests of the Concert Party therefore remain unchanged as a result of this transaction.

Enquiries

James Cropper plc

Matt Ratcliffe, General Counsel and Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 1539 722 002

Shore Capital - (NOMAD and Broker)

Daniel Bush, David Coaten, Henry Willcocks, Lucy Bowden

Tel: +44 (0) 7601 6100

Buchanan Communications - Financial PR

Chris Lane, Charles Ryland, Jamie Hooper, Verity Parker

[email protected]

Tel: +44 (0) 207 466 5000

The following information is included in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014):

1.

Details of person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Mark Cropper

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Mark Cropper: Non-Executive Chair

b)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer

a)

Name

James Cropper plc

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

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

Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each

b)

Identification code of the Financial Instrument

GB0002346053

c)

Nature of the

transaction

Purchase of 117,022 Ordinary Shares

d)

Currency

GBP

e)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
£1.975 per share	117,022

f)

Aggregated

information

-      volume

-      Price

-      Total

117,022

£1.975

£231,118.45 

g)

Date of the transaction

13.02.2025

h)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

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