Last checked at 13 May 2024 07:00
13 May 2024
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), has today been informed that, on the same day, Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer, purchased 13,476 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at a price of 148.51 pence per Ordinary Share.
For more information, please contact:
Ultimate Products +44 (0) 161 627 1400
Andrew Gossage, CEO
Chris Dent, CFO
Powerscourt +44 (0) 207 250 1446
Rob Greening
Sam Austrums
Oliver Banks
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 | Chris Dent | |||||
2. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
a) | Position / status | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
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 | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | |||||
e) | Price and volume |
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f) | Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price |
14,476
148.51 pence | |||||
g) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2024 | |||||
h) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||
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Notes to Editors
About Ultimate Products
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 38 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 in Paris, France.
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.