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RNS Number : 8062T

Bank of Georgia Group PLC

25 March 2019

London, 25 March 2019

Bank of Georgia Group PLC announces market purchase of shares for its Employee Benefit Trust

Bank of Georgia Group PLC (the Group) was notified by Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited (Sanne), acting as trustee of the BOG Group Employee Trust (the Trust), that Sanne, through a broker-managed buyback programme, purchased in the market 40,700 Bank of Georgia Group PLC ordinary shares with a nominal value of GBP0.01 each (Shares) at a price of GBP16.71 (rounded to two decimal points) per Share, traded on 22 March 2019 with a settlement date of 26 March 2019.

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.

Upon settlement of the above transaction, the Trust will hold a total of 65,700 Shares, representing approximately 0.113620% of the Group's issued ordinary share capital.

Of the 65,700 Shares held by the Trust, no Shares are allocated to existing awards.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Link Company Matters Limited, Company Secretary

About Bank of Georgia Group PLC

Bank of Georgia Group PLC ("Bank of Georgia Group" or the "Group" - LSE: BGEO LN) is a UK incorporated holding company, which comprises: a) retail banking and payment services, b) corporate investment banking and wealth management operations and c) banking operations in Belarus ("BNB"). JSC Bank of Georgia ("Bank of Georgia", "BOG" or the "Bank"), the leading universal bank in Georgia, is the core entity of the Group. The Group targets to benefit from superior growth of the Georgian economy through both its retail banking and corporate investment banking services and aims to deliver on its strategy, which is based on at least 20% ROAE and 15%-20% growth of its loan book.

 
 JSC Bank of Georgia has, as of 
  the date hereof, the following 
  credit ratings: 
 
      Fitch Ratings   'BB-/B' 
      Moody's         'Ba3/NP' (FC) & 
                       'Ba2/NP' (LC) 
 

For further information, please visit www.bankofgeorgiagroup.com or contact:

 
 Archil Gachechiladze    Michael Oliver     David Tsiklauri    Natia Kalandarishvili 
 Group CEO               Adviser to the     Group CFO          Head of Investor 
                          CEO                                   Relations 
                                                               +995 322 444 444 
 +995 322 444 144        +44 203 178 4034   +995 322 444 108    (9282) 
 agachechiladze@bog.ge   moliver@bgeo.com   dtsiklauri@bog.ge  ir@bog.ge 
 

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