REG - Character Group PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

CharacterAnnouncement

02/01/2019 16:45

RNS Number : 0081M
Character Group PLC
02 January 2019
 


2 January 2019
 
The Character Group plc
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys, games and giftware
(the "Company")
Exercise of Options, Director/PDMR and PCA Dealing and Total Voting Rights
 
Character Group (AIM: CCT) the designer, developer and international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware, announces that Mr Jerry Healy, the Group Marketing Director and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMR), today notified the Company that he has exercised an option today in respect of 18,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 213p per share pursuant to the Company's 2006 share option plan and, subsequently, transferred 32,000 Ordinary Shares to his wife, Mrs Kathleen Ann Healy, for nil consideration. To satisfy the exercise of options, the Company has transferred 18,000 Ordinary Shares from treasury. Following this option exercise, Mr Healy's interest in shares in the Company, including the interests of Persons Closely Associated ("PCAs") with him, has increased to 73,000 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.34% of the Company's issued voting share capital.
 
Following the exercise of Mr Healy's share options and the corresponding transfer of shares to him from treasury, the Company's issued share capital consists of 23,735,815 Ordinary Shares of which 2,576,106 are held in treasury.
 
Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights in Character Group is 21,159,709. The above figure of 21,159,709 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.
 
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.
 




        1.


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




             


Name


Jerry Healy




2.             


Reason for the notification




a.             


Position/status


Group Marketing 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


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


(i) Exercise of option
(ii) Transfer of Ordinary Shares by a PDMR to a PCA




c.             


Price(s) and volume(s)






Price(s)


Volume




(i) 213p
(ii) Nil


(i) 18,000
(ii) 32,000




 




d.             


Aggregated information
·      Aggregated volume
·      Price


Not applicable.




e.             


Date of the transaction


(i) 2 January 2019
(ii) 2 January 2019




f.             


Place of the transaction


(i) Outside of a trading venue
(ii) Outside of a trading venue




 




       1.


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




             


Name


Kathleen Ann Healy




2.


Reason for the notification




a.             


Position/status


PCA of Jerry Healy




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


Receipt of transfer to Ordinary Shares by a PDMR to a PCA




c.             


Price(s) and volume(s)






Price(s)


Volume




Nil


32,000




 




d.             


Aggregated information
·      Aggregated volume
·      Price


Not applicable.




e.             


Date of the transaction


2 January 2019




f.             


Place of the transaction


Outside of a trading venue




 
 
 
 




ENQUIRIES:




 




The Character Group plc
Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director & Group Finance Director




Office:      +44 (0) 208 329 3377
Email:  info@charactergroup.plc.uk




 




Panmure Gordon
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking
Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking
Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7886 2500




 




Allenby Capital Limited
(Joint Broker)
Nick Athanas
Tel:  +44 (0) 20 3328 5656




 


 


 




TooleyStreet Communications Limited
(Investor and media relations)
Fiona Tooley
Tel:  +44 (0) 7785 703523
Email: fiona@tooleystreet.com
 




 




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