REG - Character Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights

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16/09/2019 12:55

RNS Number : 4746M
Character Group PLC
16 September 2019
 


 
16 September 2019
 
The Character Group plc
(the "Company")
 
Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
 
The Character Group (AIM: CCT) announces that, on Friday 13 September 2019, it bought back for cancellation 8,500 ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the share buy-back programme (the "Programme")announced on 12 December 2018 .
As a result of the above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 23,646,501 Ordinary Shares.  The Company holds 2,278,756 Ordinary Shares in treasury which do not carry voting rights and therefore the total number of voting rights in Character Group is 21,367,745.  The figure of 21,367,745 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 change to their interest, in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The Company has an unutilised capacity to buy back up to a further 3,093,686 Ordinary Shares under the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting on 18 January 2019.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedules below contain a summary of and detailed information about the purchases made by Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme.
Schedule 1: Summary of buy-back transactions



Date of purchase:


13 September 2019




Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:


8,500




Highest price paid per Ordinary Share (pence)


365




Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share (pence)


365




Volume weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share (pence)


365



 
Schedule 2: Details of buy-back transactions



Date of purchase


Time of purchase (hh:mm - GMT)


Number of Ordinary Shares purchased


Transaction price (pence per Ordinary Share)




13/09/19


16.18 hrs


8,500


365



 
 
Enquiries:
The Character Group plc 
Kiran Shah, Joint MD
Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377
 
Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking
James Stearns, Corporate Broking
Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500
 
Allenby Capital Limited, Joint Broker
Nick Athanas
Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
 
Tooley Street Communications, IR & media relations
Fiona Tooley
Tel: +44 (0)7785 703 523




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