Character Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1574P)
February 05 2019 - 10:13AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMCCT
RNS Number : 1574P
Character Group PLC
05 February 2019
5 February 2019
The Character Group plc
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys,
games and giftware
("Character Group" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options, PDMR 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), has notified
the Company that he has exercised an option yesterday in respect of
40,000 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. Mr Healy subsequently sold 40,000
Ordinary Shares as detailed in the table below.
Following this option exercise and subsequent sale, Mr Healy's
interest in Ordinary Shares in the Company, including the interests
of Persons Closely Associated ("PCAs") with him, remains 73,000
Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.34% of the
Company's issued voting share capital.
To satisfy the exercise of options, the Company has transferred
40,000 Ordinary Shares from treasury to Mr Healy. 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 2,518,106 are held
in treasury.
Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting
rights in Character Group is 21,217,709. The above figure of
21,217,709 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
1. / person closely associated
a. 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) Sale of ordinary shares
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c. Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume
(i) 213p (i) 40,000
(ii) 530p (ii) 40,000
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d. Aggregated information Not applicable.
* Aggregated volume
* Price
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e. Date of the transaction (i) 4 February 2019
(ii) 4 February 2019
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f. Place of the transaction (i) Outside of a trading venue
(ii) XLON
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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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