CCT Character Group Plc

TIDMCCT

RNS Number : 2685O

Character Group PLC

06 October 2021

Wednesday, 6 October 2021

The Character Group plc

Designers, developers and international distributor of toys, games and giftware

(the "Company")

Directors' share dealings

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

and

Total voting rights

The Character Group plc (AIM: CCT), has today received notices from Mr Michael Hyde (the Managing Director of the Group's Far East Operations) and Mr Kiran Shah (the Joint-Managing Director of the Company and Group Finance Director) notifying the Company of share transactions effected respectively by them on 6 October 2021 as follows:

 
 
   *    Mr Hyde has disclosed that he has gifted and 
        transferred 40,793 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in 
        the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to 
        charity for nil consideration. Following this 
        transaction, Mr Hyde's interest in shares in the 
        Company is 268,888 Ordinary Shares, which represents 
        approximately 1.26 % of the Company's issued voting 
        Ordinary Share capital. 
 
   *    Mr Shah has disclosed that he has sold 30,000 
        Ordinary Shares at a price of 510p per share and, 
        through his personal ISA account, has purchased 
        30,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 510p per share. 
        Following these transactions, Mr Shah's interest in 
        Ordinary Shares remains unchanged at 2,166,720 
        Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 
        10.13% of the Company's issued voting Ordinary 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                             Michael Hyde 
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            2.   Reason for the notification 
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            a.   Position/status                  Managing Director, Far East 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 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
            b.   Nature of the transaction        Gift of shares 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
            c.   Price(s) and volume(s)            Name            Price(s)        Volume 
                                                    Michael Hyde    Nil (gifted)    40,793 
                                                                   --------------  ------- 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
            d.        Aggregated information      Not applicable. 
                        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
                        *    Price 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
            e. 
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            f.   Date of the transaction          6 October 2021 
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            g.   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange, AIM 
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 1.              Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / 
                  person closely associated 
      a.         Name                             Kiran Shah 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            2.   Reason for the notification 
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            a.   Position/status                  Joint Managing Director and Group Finance 
                                                   Director 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            b.   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial notification 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 
            3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction 
                  platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
            a.   Name                             The Character Group plc 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            b.   LEI                              213800HY6EB8T8VWWE73 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            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 
                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
            a.   Description of the               Ordinary shares of 5 pence 
                  Financial instrument, 
                  type of instrument               GB0008976119 
                  Identification code 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            b.   Nature of the transaction        Sale and purchase of shares 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            c.   Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)   Volume 
                                                    510p       30,000 
                                                              ------- 
                                                    510p       30,000 
                                                              ------- 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            d.        Aggregated information 
                        *    Aggregated volume      30,000 Ordinary Shares (sold) at 510 pence 
                                                    per Ordinary Share 
                                                    30,000 Ordinary Shares (bought) at 510 pence 
                        *    Price                  per Ordinary Share 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            e.   Date of the transaction          6 October 2021 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
            f.   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange, AIM 
                -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 

Total voting rights (TVR)

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 23,608,501 Ordinary Shares of which 2,226,220 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights in Character Group is 21,382,281. This figure of 21,382,281 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, Corporate Finance 
 Amrit Nahal, Sales & Corporate Broking 
 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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