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26 February 2020
Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited
("Globalworth" or the "Company")
Group remuneration policy, Transfer of shares out of treasury, TVR
In accordance with the new Group remuneration policy as announced on 13 June 2019, and on the recommendation of the Remuneration Committee, the Board has resolved to approve the Annual Variable Fee proposal for Globalworth Investment Advisers Ltd ("GIAL"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the annual bonus proposal for senior Group employees for the year ended 31 December 2019.
In connection with the above, the Company will transfer 84,516 Ordinary Shares currently held in treasury to GIAL at a price of €9.30 per share. These shares will vest in three equal annual instalments from the date of this transfer and will be subject to further conditions as per the Group remuneration policy.
Once vested, the recipients of these shares will be GIAL's preference shareholders (including the Executive Directors of the Company) and other employees. The Notification of Dealing in accordance with the requirements of MAR in relation to transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities will be made when required.
Following the above, the Company holds 416,261 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 221,990,826, and this is the total number of the voting rights in the Company which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change in the interest, in the share capital of the Company under Chapter 5 of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules as reflected in the Company's articles of incorporation.
For further information visit www.globalworth.com or contact:
Enquiries
Stamatis Sapkas Deputy Chief Investment Officer
| Tel: +40 372 800 000 |
Jefferies (Joint Broker) Stuart Klein
| Tel: +44 20 7029 8000 |
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Alina Vaskina
| Tel: +44 20 7886 2500 |
Milbourne (Public Relations) Tim Draper | Tel: +44 7903 802545
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About Globalworth / Note to Editors:
Globalworth is a listed real estate company active in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the AIM-segment of the London Stock Exchange. It has become the pre-eminent office investor in the CEE real estate market through its market-leading positions both in Romania and in Poland. Globalworth acquires, develops and directly manages high-quality office and logistics/light-industrial real estate assets in prime locations, generating rental income from high quality tenants from around the globe. Managed by over 200 professionals across Romania and Poland, the combined value of its portfolio is €2.85 billion, as at 30 June 2019 pro forma for subsequent acquisitions. Over 95% of the portfolio is in income-producing assets, predominately in the office sector, and leased to a diversified array of some 685 national and multinational corporates. In Romania, Globalworth is present in Bucharest, Timisoara, Constanta and Pitesti, while in Poland its assets span Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Krakow, Gdansk and Katowice. For more information, please visit www.globalworth.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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