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DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
WHERE TO DO SO WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
This announcement does not contain,
constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or
subscribe or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe
for any securities in any jurisdiction, and neither this
announcement (nor any part of it) nor the fact of its distribution
form the basis of, or may be relied upon in connection with, or act
as any inducement to enter into, any contract or commitment
whatsoever.
TBC Bank Group PLC ("TBC
PLC")
Admission to Trading on the
London Stock Exchange
TBC PLC announces that an
application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the
London Stock Exchange for 459,096 new ordinary shares of TBC PLC
(the "Scrip Dividend
Shares") to be admitted to the premium segment of the
Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to be traded
on the main market of the London Stock Exchange for listed
securities ("Admission").
The Scrip Dividend Shares will be
issued pursuant to the terms of a scrip dividend programme in
respect of the interim dividend declared on 9 August 2024, and will
rank pari passu in all respects with TBC PLC's existing ordinary
shares. It is expected that Admission of the Scrip Dividend Shares
will become effective at 8:00 a.m. on 11 November 2024.
Total voting rights
Following Admission, TBC PLC will
have 56,390,848 ordinary shares in issue of which none are held in Treasury.
The total number of voting rights that may be used by shareholders
in TBC PLC as the denominator for calculations by which they will
determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change in their interest in, the share capital of TBC PLC under the
Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency
Rules will therefore be 56,390,848.
For
further enquiries, please contact:
Director of Investor Relations
Andrew Keeley
Or
Head of Investor Relations
Anna Romelashvili
ir@tbcbank.com.ge
About TBC Bank Group PLC ("TBC
PLC")
TBC Bank Group's mission is to make
people's lives easier by providing digitally-led financial services
to retail and corporate customers. TBC Bank Group PLC ("TBC PLC")
is a public limited company registered in England and Wales and is
the parent company of TBC Bank Georgia and TBC
Uzbekistan.
TBC Bank Georgia, together with its
subsidiaries, is the leading financial services group in Georgia,
with a total market share of 38.7% of customer loans and 38.4% of
customer deposits as of 30 September 2024, according to data
published by the National Bank of Georgia.
TBC Uzbekistan is the leading
digital banking ecosystem in Central Asia with 17 mln unique
registered users that includes TBC Bank Uzbekistan, the country's
largest mobile-only bank, Payme, a leading digital payments app for
individuals and small businesses, and Payme Nasiya, an instalment
credit business.
TBC PLC is listed on the London
Stock Exchange under the symbol TBCG and is a constituent of the
FTSE 250 Index. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index Series
and the MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap Index.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The securities referred to herein
have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under
the securities law of any state or other jurisdiction of the United
States and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or
indirectly, in or into the United States or to U.S. persons, except
pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. No
public offering of the securities will be made in the United
States.