Share purchase by Associate & Director holding
First Property Group plc announced that its associate, Fprop Phoenix Limited, in which the Group holds a 23.78% stake, purchased 300,000 ordinary shares at 15.00 pence per share on October 6, 2026. This transaction increases Fprop Phoenix Limited's beneficial interest to 1,600,000 ordinary shares, representing approximately 1.08% of the company's total voting rights. As the Chief Executive, Ben Habib, owns 72.71% of Fprop Phoenix Limited, his total shareholding in First Property Group plc now stands at 26,418,595 ordinary shares, equating to approximately 17.87% of the company's total voting rights.
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| Date: | 7 October 2026 |
| On behalf of: | First Property Group plc ("First Property", the “Company" or the "Group") |
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First Property Group plc
Share purchase by Associate and Director shareholding
First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the property fund manager and investor, announces that its Associate, Fprop Phoenix Limited (“PHO”), in which the Group has a 23.78% shareholding, purchased, yesterday (6 October 2026), 300,000 ordinary shares in the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) at a price of 15.00 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following this purchase PHO’s beneficial interest in the share capital of the Company is 1,600,000 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to approximately 1.08% of the Company's total voting rights.
As Ben Habib, the Group’s Chief Executive, owns 72.71% of the issued shares of PHO, this shareholding is deemed to be part of Ben Habib’s shareholding in the Company which now totals 26,418,595 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to approximately 17.87% of the Company's total voting rights.
| a) | Name | Fprop Phoenix Limited | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | PCA of Ben Habib (Chief Executive of First Property Group plc) | ||||
| a) | Name | First Property Group plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800O4C71RSRQVHH77 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) Purchase |
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| d) | Aggregated information (if any) - Aggregated volume - Price | 300,000 15.00p | ||||
| e) | Date of transaction | 6 October 2026 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange |
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