Character Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0081M)
January 02 2019 - 11:41AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCCT
RNS Number : 0081M
Character Group PLC
02 January 2019
2 January 2019
The Character Group plc
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys,
games and giftware
(the "Company")
Exercise of Options, Director/PDMR and PCA Dealing and Total
Voting Rights
Character Group (AIM: CCT) the designer, developer and
international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware,
announces that Mr Jerry Healy, the Group Marketing Director and a
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR), today
notified the Company that he has exercised an option today in
respect of 18,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 213p per share pursuant
to the Company's 2006 share option plan and, subsequently,
transferred 32,000 Ordinary Shares to his wife, Mrs Kathleen Ann
Healy, for nil consideration. To satisfy the exercise of options,
the Company has transferred 18,000 Ordinary Shares from treasury.
Following this option exercise, Mr Healy's interest in shares in
the Company, including the interests of Persons Closely Associated
("PCAs") with him, has increased to 73,000 Ordinary Shares, which
represents approximately 0.34% of the Company's issued voting share
capital.
Following the exercise of Mr Healy's share options and the
corresponding transfer of shares to him from treasury, the
Company's issued share capital consists of 23,735,815 Ordinary
Shares of which 2,576,106 are held in treasury.
Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting
rights in Character Group is 21,159,709. The above figure of
21,159,709 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.
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
Name Jerry Healy
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2. Reason for the notification
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a. Position/status Group Marketing Director
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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
Identification code GB0008976119
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b. Nature of the transaction (i) Exercise of option
(ii) Transfer of Ordinary Shares
by a PDMR to a PCA
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c. Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume
(i) 213p (i) 18,000
(ii) Nil (ii) 32,000
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d. Aggregated information Not applicable.
* Aggregated volume
* Price
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e. Date of the transaction (i) 2 January 2019
(ii) 2 January 2019
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f. Place of the transaction (i) Outside of a trading venue
(ii) Outside of a trading venue
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
Name Kathleen Ann Healy
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2. Reason for the notification
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a. Position/status PCA of Jerry Healy
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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
Identification code GB0008976119
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b. Nature of the transaction Receipt of transfer to Ordinary Shares
by a PDMR to a PCA
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c. Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume
Nil 32,000
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d. Aggregated information Not applicable.
* Aggregated volume
* Price
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e. Date of the transaction 2 January 2019
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f. Place of the transaction Outside of a trading venue
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ENQUIRIES:
The Character Group plc
Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director & Group Finance Director
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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