BGEO Group announces market purchase of shares for its Employee Benefit Trust

BGEO Group PLC (“BGEO” or the “Group”), the holding company of JSC Bank of Georgia (“the Bank”), Georgia’s leading bank, was notified on Tuesday, 29 December 2015, by Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited (“Sanne”), acting as trustee of the Rubicon Executive Equity Compensation Trust (“Trust”), that Sanne purchased on Thursday, 24 December 2015 in the market 32,000 BGEO ordinary shares (“Shares”) at an average price of £19.515 per Share.

The Trust holds the Shares for the purpose of satisfying awards to be awarded to beneficiaries of the Trust. The executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility of the Group are potential beneficiaries under the Trust and are therefore treated as having an interest in such Shares.

Following the above transaction, the Trust holds a total of 1,233,406 Shares, representing approximately 3.12% of the Company’s issued ordinary share capital. Of the 1,233,406 Shares held by the Trust, 725,285 Shares have already been awarded and have vested or remain unvested.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Kate Bennett Rea, Company Secretary