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6 Jun 2018 15:17
6 June 2018
The Character Group plc
("Character Group" or the "Company")
Granting of Options to Directors
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them and transaction in own shares
Character Group (AIM: CCT) the designer, developer and international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware, announces that, on 5 June 2018, it granted options under the Company's 2017 Share Option Plan (the "Plan") over issued ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held in treasury at nil cost to Mr. Michael Hyde and Mr. Jeremiah Healy, Directors of the Company and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs), as shown below:
Company director | Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of which the option has been granted | Percentage of Company's current total voting rights represented by the new option grant | Exercise Price per Ordinary Share under the new option | Total number of Ordinary Shares under option | Percentage of Company's current total voting rights represented by the total number of Ordinary Shares under option | |
Michael Hyde | Managing Director, Far East Operations | 100,000 | 0.47% | 520p | 100,000 | 0.47% |
Jeremiah Healy | Group Marketing Director | 72,000 | 0.34% | 520p | 144,000 | 0.68% |
Options under the Plan are ordinarily exercisable from the 3rd until the 10th anniversary of the date of grant, subject to satisfaction of any applicable performance condition and the Rules of the Plan.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details of the option grants.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated with them.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a. | Name | Mr. Michael Hyde and Mr. Jeremiah Healy | |||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a. | Position/status | PDMRs | |||||||||
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 | Grant of options | |||||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price |
172,000 520p upon exercise
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e. | Date of the transaction | 5 June 2018 | |||||||||
f. | Place of the transaction | XLON | |||||||||
Enquiries:
The Character Group plc
Kiran Shah,Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377
Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Andrew Godber
Sandra Björck
Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500
Allenby Capital Limited, Joint Broker
Nick Athanas
Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
Tooley Street Communications, IR & Media Relations
Fiona Tooley
Tel: +44 (0)7785 703 523
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