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RNS Number : 1018G Ultimate Products PLC 28 May 2026
28 May 2026
Ultimate Products plc
("Ultimate Products", "UP" or "the Group")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Ultimate Products, the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including
Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, est.1760) and Beldray (est.1872),
announces that on 28 May 2026, Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer, purchased
23,923 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 52.25
pence per Ordinary Share.
Following this transaction, Chris Dent is interested in 139,957 Ordinary
Shares representing 0.16 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.
For more information, please contact:
Ultimate Products +44 (0) 161 627 1400
Andrew Gossage, CEO
Chris Dent, CFO
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and joint Broker) + 44 (0)20 7220
0500
Matt Goode / Callum Davidson / Trisyia Jamaludin (Corporate Finance)
Matt Lewis (Corporate Broking)
Shore Capital (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 7408 4090
Malachy McEntyre / Isobel Jones (Corporate Broking)
Mark Percy / David Coaten / Harry Davies-Ball (Corporate Advisory)
Sodali & Co +44 (0) 207 250 1446
Rob Greening / Sam Austrums / Oliver Banks
Notes to Editors
Ultimate Products is the owner of a number of leading homeware brands
including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, established in 1760) and
Beldray (a laundry, floor care, heating and cooling brand that was established
in 1872). According to its market research, nearly 80% of UK households own at
least one of the Group's products.
Ultimate Products sells to over 300 retailers in over 30 countries - spanning
discounters, supermarkets and general retailers, and ranging from large
national and international multi-channel retailers to smaller retail chains.
Its products are also available on Salter.com (https://salter.com/)
and Beldray.com (https://beldray.com/) , as well as major third-party online
marketplaces. The Group specialises in five product categories: Small Domestic
Appliances; Housewares; Laundry; Audio; and Heating and Cooling. Other brands
include Progress (cookware and bakeware), Kleeneze (laundry and floorcare),
Petra (small domestic appliances) and Intempo (audio).
Founded in 1997, Ultimate Products is headquartered in Oldham, Greater
Manchester, where it has design, sales, marketing, buying, quality assurance,
support functions and warehouse facilities across two sites. Manor Mill, the
Group's head office, includes a spectacular 20,000 sq ft showroom that
showcases each of its brands. In addition, the Group has an office and
showroom in Guangzhou, China and Paris, France. Ultimate Products employs over
300 staff and is certified as a Great Place to Work®. A significant number of
its employees joined via the Group's Graduate Development Scheme, one of the
biggest in the North West.
Please note that Ultimate Products is not the owner of Russell Hobbs. The
Group currently has licence agreements in place granting it an exclusive
licence to use the "Russell Hobbs" trademark for cookware and laundry (NB this
does not include Russell Hobbs electrical appliances).
For further information, please visit https://upplc.com/ (https://upplc.com/)
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1. Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a) Name Chris Dent
2. Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a) Position / status Chief Financial Officer
b) Initial notification / amendment Initial notification
3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Ultimate Products Plc
b) LEI 213800Q5GWTVIW6KJW33
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
c) Description of the financial instrument Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products plc
ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
d) Nature of the transaction Purchase of Ordinary Shares
e) Price and volume
Type Price(s) Volume (s)
Purchase 52.25p 23,923
f) Aggregated information
Type Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume
Purchase 52.25p 23,923
Aggregated volume
Price
g) Date of the transaction 28 May 2026
h) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange (XLON)
f)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
Type Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume
Purchase 52.25p 23,923
g)
Date of the transaction
28 May 2026
h)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
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