PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 9473A

EJF Investments Ltd

02 October 2020

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (OTHER THAN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND), AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

2 October 2020

EJF INVESTMENTS LTD

PDMR Dealing

EJF Investments Ltd ("EJFI" or the "Company") announces in accordance with its Dealing Code that EJF Investments Manager LLC, the Company's investment manager (the "Manager") and a "person discharging managerial responsibilities" (a "PDMR") for the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("MAR"), sold 275,000 zero dividend preference shares in the Company with a redemption date in 2022 ("2022 ZDP Shares") on 1 October 2020 at a  price of 114.75 pence per share through secondary dealings on the London Stock Exchange.

Following the settlement of this transaction, the Manager has sold all of its 2022 ZDP Shares.  The Manager retains its interest in 716,445 zero dividend preference shares with a redemption date in 2025 ("2025 ZDP Shares"), which are subordinate in priority to the 2022 ZDP shares, representing approximately 11.94% of the issued 2025 ZDP Shares.

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

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
(a)	Name	EJF Investments Manager LLC
2	Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	Investment Manager to the Company
(b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
(a)	Name	EJF Investments Ltd
(b)	LEI	549300XZYEQCLA1ZAT25
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 financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Zero dividend preference shares with a redemption date in 2022 ("2022 ZDP Shares") JE00BDG12N48
(b)	Nature of the transactions	Sale of 275,000 2022 ZDP Shares
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£1.1475	275,000
(d)	Aggregate information · Aggregated volume · Price	275,000 £315,562.50
(e)	Date of transactions	1 October 2020
(f)	Place of transactions	London Stock Exchange

ENQUIRIES

For the Investment Manager

EJF Investments Manager LLC

Peter Stage / Hammad Khan / Matt Gill

[e-mail] / [e-mail] / [e-mail]

[phone] / [phone] / [phone]

For the Company Secretary and Administrator

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A. Jersey Branch

[e-mail]

[phone]/ [phone]

For the Broker

Numis Securities Limited

David Luck

[e-mail]

[phone]

About EJF Investments Ltd

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.

The JFSC has not reviewed or approved this announcement.

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.

 

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