REG - Character Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding <Origin Href="QuoteRef">CCT.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 8840UCharacter Group PLC23 January 201723 January 2017
The Character Group plc
("Character Group" or the "Company")
Directors' share dealings
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
Character Group (AIM: CCT), the designer, developer and international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware, announces that Mr Mark Dowding, being a Director of the Company and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs), has notified the Company of share purchase transactions effected in the market as follows:
Mark Dowding (Group Finance Director) has purchased 9,554 Character Group ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 498.1p. 7,000 of these Ordinary Shares were purchased on 20 January 2017 at a price of 500p per share and the remaining 2,554 Ordinary Shares were purchased today at a price of 492.74p. Following this purchase, Mr Dowding's shareholding in the Company has increased to 93,395 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.44% of the Company's issued voting share capital.
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.
Name
Mark Dowding
2.
Reason for the notification
a.
Position/status
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
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
Financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 5 pence
GB0008976119
b.
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of shares
c.
Price(s) and volume(s)
Name
Price(s)
Volume
Mark Dowding
500p
7,000
Mark Dowding
492.74p
2,554
d.
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
9,554 ordinary shares at an average price of 498.1p
e.
Date of the transaction
20 January 2017 and 23 January 2017
f.
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM
Enquiries:
The Character Group plc
Mark Dowding, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377
Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Andrew Godber
Tom Salvesen
Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500
Allenby Capital Limited, Joint Broker
Nick Athanas
Katrina Perez
Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
Tooley Street Communications, IR & Media Relations
Fiona Tooley
Tel: +44 (0)7785 703 523
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