Ultimate Products - EBT Share Purchase

Ultimate Products

18/12/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 0355X  Ultimate Products PLC  18 December 2023

18 December 2023

 

Ultimate Products plc

("Ultimate Products", "Company" or "the Group")

 

EBT share purchase programme

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 JTC Employer Solutions Trustee Limited, in its capacity as
trustee ("the Trustee") of the Ultimate Products Employee Benefit Trust (the
"EBT"), has extended the previously announced programme to buy ordinary shares
of 0.25p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") for the period to 31 July
2024, and increased the aggregate value by a further £325,000 (the
"Programme").

The Trustee of the EBT will purchase Ordinary Shares in accordance with the
Programme, which seeks to mitigate the dilutive impact of share option awards
and to improve overall shareholder return.

The current issued share capital of the Company consists of 89,312,457
Ordinary Shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company, under
the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the FCA.

The EBT currently holds 2,650,234 Ordinary Shares which represent 2.99% of the
Company's current issued share capital.

The Trustee of the EBT will enter into arrangements with the Company's broker,
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited, to carry out on-market purchases of
Ordinary Shares under the Programme, including on a discretionary basis
independent of the Company in accordance with certain pre-set parameters,
during any prohibited periods of the Company, as determined by the UK Market
Abuse Regulation, which may fall during the period of the Programme.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Ultimate Products +44 (0) 161 627 1400

Simon Showman, CEO

Andrew Gossage, Managing Director

Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer

 

Shore Capital +44 (0) 207 408 4090

Mark Percy

David Coaten

Iain Sexton

Malachy McEntyre

Isobel Jones

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited + 44 (0)20 7220 0500

Carl Holmes

Matt Goode

Abigail Kelly

 

Powerscourt +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 across more than 40 countries,
and 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).

The Group's products are sold to a broad cross-section of both large national
and international multi-channel retailers as well as smaller national retail
chains, incorporating discount retailers, supermarkets, general retailers and
online retailers.

Founded in 1997, Ultimate Products employs over 370 staff, a significant
number of whom have joined via the Group's graduate development scheme, and 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.

Please note that Ultimate Products is not the owner of Russell Hobbs. The
Company has licence agreements in place granting it an exclusive licence to
use the "Russell Hobbs" trademark for cookware (NB this does not include
Russell Hobbs electrical appliances).

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