Ultimate Products - Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ultimate Products

27/01/2026 07:00

RNS Number : 3852Q

Ultimate Products PLC

27 January 2026

 

27 January 2026

 

Ultimate Products plc

 

("Ultimate Products", "Company" 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 23 January 2026, David Bloomfield, Supply Chain Director, and his wife, Susan Bloomfield, each effected a "Bed and ISA" transaction by selling 18,423 ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") from their personal dealing accounts and immediately repurchasing these shares into their ISAs, all at a price of 54.6 per share.

 

Further details of the above dealings are set out at the end of this announcement.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Ultimate Products +44 (0) 161 627 1400

Andrew Gossage, CEO

Chris Dent, CFO

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad & 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 and 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 company 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 www.upplc.com.  

 

Pursuant to the notification obligations in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
David Bloomfield
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position / status
Supply Chain Director
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
1) Sale of Ordinary Shares from dealing account
2) Purchase of Ordinary Shares into ISA
e)
Price and volume
Price (PENCE)
Volume
1. Sale of shares
54.60
18,423
2. Purchase of shares into ISA
54.60
18,423
f)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
Sale - 18,423
Purchase - 18,423
Sale - 54.60p
Purchase - 54.60p
g)
Date of the transaction
23 January 2026
h)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (AIM)


 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
Susan Bloomfield
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position / status
Person Closely Associated with David Bloomfield, Supply Chain Director
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
1. Saleof Ordinary Sharesfrom dealing account
2. Purchase of shares into ISA
e)
Price and volume
Price (PENCE)
Volume
1. Sale of shares
54.60
18,423
2. Purchase of shares into ISA
54.60
18,423
f)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
Sale -18,423
Purchase - 18,423
Sale -54.60p
Purchase - 54.60p
g)
Date of the transaction
23 January 2026
h)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (AIM)


 

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