Last checked at 14 Jun 2010 07:00
Date: Monday, 14 June 2010
The Character Group plc
(the 'Company')
designers, developers and international distributors of toys, games and gifts
Transaction in Own Shares
Completion of share buy back programme
The Company advises that on Friday, 11 June it has bought back for cancellation 393,683 ordinary shares of the Company in the market, through Charles Stanley Securities at a price of 145.2 pence per share. This represents approximately 1.48 per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company (excluding shares held in treasury).
Following this buy back of shares, the Company announces that it has now utilised the full amount of the authority to buy back shares in the Company which was granted by shareholders at the AGM on 20 January 2010.
For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of this notice (taking into account the ordinary shares purchased for cancellation by the Company announced above and excluding shares held in treasury) is 26,374,731 ("Revised Issued Voting Share Capital").
The Company holds 4,019,456 ordinary shares in treasury, representing approximately 15.24 per cent. of the Revised Issued Voting Share Capital, which do not carry voting rights.
The figure of 26,374,731 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or any change to their interest, in the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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| Richard King, Chairman | Fiona Tooley | Russell Cook |
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| Kiran Shah, Group Finance Director & Joint MD |
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| The Character Group plc | Citigate Dewe Rogerson | Charles Stanley Securities |
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| Mobile: +44 (0)7836 250150 (RK) | Mobile: +44 (0)7785 703523 | (Nominated Adviser) |
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| Mobile: +44 (0)7956 278522 (KS) | Tel: +44 (0)121 362 4035 | Tel: +44 (0)207 149 6000 |
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| Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377 |
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| www.thecharacter.com |
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| Ticker: AIM: CCT |
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