REG - Character Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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06/06/2018 15:20

RNS Number : 5434Q
Character Group PLC
06 June 2018
 


 
6 June 2018
 
 
The Character Group plc
("Character Group" or the "Company")
 
Granting of Options to Directors
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them and transaction in own shares
 
 
Character Group (AIM: CCT) the designer, developer and international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware, announces that, on 5 June 2018, it granted options under the Company's 2017 Share Option Plan (the "Plan") over issued ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held in treasury at nil cost to Mr. Michael Hyde and Mr. Jeremiah Healy, Directors of the Company and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs), as shown below:
 
 




Company director


Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of which the option has been granted


Percentage of Company's current total voting rights represented by the new option grant


Exercise Price per Ordinary Share under the new option


Total number of Ordinary Shares under option


Percentage of Company's current total voting rights represented by the total number of Ordinary Shares under option




Michael Hyde


Managing Director, Far East Operations


100,000


0.47%


520p


100,000


0.47%




Jeremiah Healy


Group Marketing Director


72,000


0.34%


520p


144,000


0.68%




 
 
Options under the Plan are ordinarily exercisable from the 3rd until the 10th anniversary of the date of grant, subject to satisfaction of any applicable performance condition and the Rules of the Plan. 
 
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of the option grants.
 
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated with them.
 
 
 




1.            


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a.            


Name


Mr. Michael Hyde and Mr. Jeremiah Healy




2.             


Reason for the notification




a.             


Position/status


PDMRs




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
Financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code


Ordinary shares of 5 pence
 
 
GB0008976119




b.             


Nature of the transaction


Grant of options




c.             


Price(s) and volume(s)






Name


Price(s)


Volume




Mr. Michael Hyde


520p upon exercise


100,000




Mr. Jeremiah Healy


520p upon exercise


72,000









d.             


Aggregated information
·      Aggregated volume
·      Price


 
172,000
520p upon exercise
 




e.             


Date of the transaction


5 June 2018




f.             


Place of the transaction


XLON




 
Enquiries:
The Character Group plc 
Kiran Shah,Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Andrew Godber
Sandra Björck
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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