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Character Group Looking To Extend Buyback Programme By 12 Months

Wed, 12th Dec 2018 12:34

LONDON (Alliance News) - Toy company Character Group PLC on Wednesday said it plans to extend its buyback authority so it can return up to GBP5 million to shareholders.

Character Group's current buyback authority ends in mid-January, but the company will ask shareholders to extend this by a year.

The maximum allotted to any new buyback would be GBP5 million, and the company would not be able to purchase more than 1 million shares.

The stock was trading at 517.00 pence a share on Wednesday, down 0.6%.

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6 Feb 2024 09:51

IN BRIEF: Character Group unveils GBP1.0 million share buyback scheme

Character Group PLC - Surrey, England-based toy, games and gifts maker - Announces share buyback programme worth up to GBP1.0 million. Says it will be funded from existing cash resources. Appoints Panmure Gordon (UK) Ltd as joint corporate broker to manage the programme and repurchase shares from Tuesday to the earlier of the day before its annual general meeting in 2025, or when the maximum aggregate value of GBP1.0 million has been reached.

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6 Feb 2024 07:47

LONDON BRIEFING: BP promises buyback despite drop in profit

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher, ahead of a slew of construction purchasing managers' index readings from the eurozone, the UK and Germany.

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19 Jan 2024 15:35

UK dividends calendar - next 7 days

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19 Jan 2024 13:21

IN BRIEF: Character Group sees improved profitability in recent months

Character Group PLC - Surrey, England-based toy, games and gifts maker - In the first four months of its current financial year, says turnover is flat from a ear earlier, although it has seen an "improvement in profitability". Notes trading conditions across all of its markets have "remained challenging", with the cost-of-living crisis "impacting consumer spend/demand for the second successive Christmas". Says it has a "strong portfolio of products to offer the market, a robust balance sheet, with a net cash position and substantial unutilised working capital facilities in place". Says it continues to trade "satisfactorily" and expects profitability for the current financial year ending August 31 to be in line with current market expectations. Also confirms Richard King retires as chair following today's annual general meeting, as announced in December. He will be succeed by Independent Non-Executive Director Carmel Warren as non-executive chair.

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15 Jan 2024 15:39

UK shareholder meetings calendar - next 7 days

Tuesday 16 January 
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Wednesday 17 January 
City Pub Group PLCGM re recommended cash acquisition by Young & Co's Brewery PLC
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Thursday 18 January 
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Friday 19 January 
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Monday 22 January 
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12 Dec 2023 10:06

Character Group warns Christmas boost has come late; chair steps down

(Alliance News) - Character Group PLC on Tuesday warned that the customary boost from Christmas trading has materialised later than expected this year, as UK consumers grapple with cost of living pressure, prompting it to look overseas for growth.

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3 Oct 2023 10:22

Character Group in line with expectations on strong second half

(Alliance News) - Character Group PLC on Tuesday said it expects full-year profits to be in line with expectations, following a strong second half.

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3 Oct 2023 10:13

Character Group performs 'more strongly' in H2

(Sharecast News) - Toy designer Character Group said trading conditions across the retail sector had been "persistently challenging" in the twelve months ended 31 August, impacting its performance in the first half.

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3 Oct 2023 07:41

LONDON BRIEFING: Greggs sales rise; boohoo cuts revenue outlook

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is set to fall further on Tuesday, after a sell-off at the start of the week, with hawkish words from a US central banker reinforcing the 'higher-for-longer' interest rates messaging.

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18 May 2023 14:07

IN BRIEF: SEEEN hires former D4t4 Solutions finance chief as new CFO

SEEEN PLC - London-based social media services firm - Has hired Carmel Warren as chief financial officer, effective June 1. Warrel was CFO at data analytics company D4t4 Solutions PLC from 2015 to 2019, then CFO at retail management solutions developer Universe Group PLC from October, 2020 to April, 2021. She currently is a non-executive director at Fonix Mobile PLC and Character Group PLC. Warren has not been appointed to the board but will attend meetings as company secretary and non-board CFO.

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11 May 2023 11:47

Character Group profit falls amid "challenging" trading conditions

(Alliance News) - Character Group PLC on Thursday reported falls in profit and revenue in the first half of its financial year, saying trading conditions remained "challenging across all the group's markets", but predicted a stronger performance in the next six months.

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20 Jan 2023 10:29

AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: Mirriad Advertising puts up for sale sign

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM in London on Friday.

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20 Jan 2023 09:55

IN BRIEF: Character shares down as sales, profit to be below consensus

Character Group PLC - Surrey, England-based toy, games and gifts manufacturer - Revenue for the four months to December 31 is down 42% against the comparative period in 2021, with US sales suffering a particularly marked drop. Character says it remains optimistic that an anticipated rebound will come through strongly in the second half and that it will be profitable for the financial year as a whole. However, sales and pretax profit are expected to be marginally below current market expectations. 

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20 Jan 2023 08:04

Character Group revenues slump amid 'challenging' trading environment

(Sharecast News) - Giftware firm Character Group warned on Friday that trading conditions across all markets had remained "challenging", with revenue for the four months ended 31 December down approximately 42%.

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13 Jan 2023 15:47

UK shareholder meetings calendar - next 7 days

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