Character Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4333Y)
December 31 2019 - 5:43AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCCT
RNS Number : 4333Y
Character Group PLC
31 December 2019
31 December 2019
The Character Group plc
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys,
games and giftware
(the "Company")
Directors' share dealings
Transfer of treasury shares
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with
them
Total Voting Rights
The Character Group plc (AIM: CCT), the designer, developer and
international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware,
announces that, as part of the Company's annual bonus arrangements
with certain of the executive Directors of the Company for the 2019
financial year, 50,036 ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of
the Company each held as treasury shares ("the Sale Shares") were
yesterday sold by the Company in off-market transactions at a price
of 410p per share, being the mid-market closing price of an issued
ordinary share in the capital of the Company on 29 December 2019.
The Sale Shares were sold to/purchased by Mr Jon Diver, Mr Kiran
Shah and Mr Joe Kissane, being Directors of the Company and Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs). The said Directors
have, accordingly, notified the Company of share transactions
effected yesterday by them respectively as follows:
Mr Jon Diver, Joint Managing Director, purchased 28,439 of the
Sale Shares at a price of 410p per share. Following this purchase,
Mr Diver's interest in shares in the Company has increased to
1,409,442 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 6.59% of
the Company's issued voting share capital.
Mr Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director and Group Finance
Director, purchased 14,219 of the Sale Shares at a price of 410p
per share. Following this purchase, Mr Shah's interest in shares in
the Company has increased to 2,166,720 Ordinary Shares, which
represents approximately 10.13% of the Company's issued voting
share capital.
Mr Joe Kissane, Managing Director of Character Options Limited,
purchased 7,378 of the Sale Shares at a price of 410p per share.
Following this purchase, Mr Kissane's interest in shares in the
Company has increased to 513,878 Ordinary Shares, which represents
approximately 2.40% of the Company's issued voting share
capital.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the
requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU)
No 596/2014.
1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a. Name Jon Diver, Kiran Shah and Joe Kissane
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2. Reason for the notification
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a. Position/status Joint Managing Director/Joint Managing Director
and Group Finance Director/Managing Director,
UK Operations
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b. Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
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3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a. Name The Character Group plc
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b. LEI 213800HY6EB8T8VWWE73
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4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i)
each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii)
each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a. Description of the Ordinary shares of 5 pence
Financial instrument,
type of instrument GB0008976119
Identification code
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b. Nature of the transaction Purchase of shares, pursuant to The Character
Group plc's annual bonus arrangements for
the 2019 financial year
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c. Price(s) and volume(s) Name Price(s) Volume
Jon Diver 410p 28,439
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Kiran Shah 410p 14,219
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Joe Kissane 410p 7,378
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d. Aggregated information Not applicable.
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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e. Date of the transaction 30 December 2019
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f. Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, AIM
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Total voting rights (TVR)
Following the above transactions, the Company's issued share
capital consists of 23,608,501 Ordinary Shares of which 2,228,720
are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary
Shares carrying voting rights in Character Group is 21,379,781.
This figure of 21,379,781 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 to their
interest, in the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
ENQUIRIES:
The Character Group plc
Kiran Shah, Company Secretary
Office: +44 (0) 208 329 3377
Email: info@charactergroup.plc.uk
Panmure Gordon
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking
Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
Allenby Capital Limited
(Joint Broker)
Nick Athanas
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
TooleyStreet Communications Limited
(Investor and media relations)
Fiona Tooley
Tel: +44 (0) 7785 703523
Email: fiona@tooleystreet.com
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