REG - Character Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding <Origin Href="QuoteRef">CCT.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 4014ZCharacter Group PLC14 March 201714 March 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 and Mr Clive Crouch, being Directors of the Company and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs), have notified the Company of share purchase transactions effected in the market yesterday (13 March 2017) by them respectively as follows:
Mark Dowding, Group Finance Director, purchased 6,605 ordinary shares of 5p each in Character Group ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 515p per share. Following this purchase, Mr Dowding's shareholding in the Company has increased to 100,000 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.47% of the Company's issued voting share capital.
Clive Crouch, Non-executive Director, purchased 9,803 Ordinary Shares at a price of 515p per share. Following this purchase, Mr Crouch's shareholding in the Company has increased to 15,358 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.07% of the Company's issued voting share capital.
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a.
Name
Mark Dowding and Clive Crouch
2.
Reason for the notification
a.
Position/status
Group finance director/Non-executive 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
514.2824p
2,705
Mark Dowding
515p
3,900
Clive Crouch
515p
9,803
d.
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
e.
Date of the transaction
13 March 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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