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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
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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:
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· 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.
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· 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.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Michael Hyde |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Managing Director, Far East Operations |
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Initial notification/Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
The Character Group plc |
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LEI |
213800HY6EB8T8VWWE73 |
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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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Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 5 pence
GB0008976119 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Gift of shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
Not applicable. |
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Date of the transaction |
6 October 2021 |
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Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Kiran Shah |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Joint Managing Director and Group Finance Director |
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Initial notification/Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
The Character Group plc |
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LEI |
213800HY6EB8T8VWWE73 |
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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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Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 5 pence
GB0008976119 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Sale and purchase of shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
30,000 Ordinary Shares (sold) at 510 pence per Ordinary Share 30,000 Ordinary Shares (bought) at 510 pence per Ordinary Share |
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Date of the transaction |
6 October 2021 |
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Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM |
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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.
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ENQUIRIES: |
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The Character Group plc Kiran Shah, Company Secretary |
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Office: +44 (0) 208 329 3377 Email: info@charactergroup.plc.uk |
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Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
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Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Nick Athanas, Corporate Finance Amrit Nahal, Sales & Corporate Broking Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656 |
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TooleyStreet Communications Limited (Investor and media relations) Fiona Tooley Tel: +44 (0) 7785 703523 Email: fiona@tooleystreet.com |
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On 6 October 2021, The Character Group plc reported that Michael Hyde, Managing Director of Far East Operations, gifted 40,793 ordinary shares to charity for nil consideration, reducing his interest to 1.26% (268,888 shares). Simultaneously, Joint-Managing Director Kiran Shah sold and purchased 30,000 ordinary shares at 510p each, maintaining his 10.13% interest (2,166,720 shares), and the Company confirmed its total voting rights as 21,382,281 ordinary shares.
| Date | 6 Oct 2021 |
| Time | 17:32:09 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 2685O |