Correction to Directors' Holdings

RNS Number : 8968C
Character Group PLC
25 February 2022
 

 

Friday, 25 February 2022

 

 

 

THE CHARACTER GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Designers, developers and international distributor of toys, games and giftware

 

Correction to Directors' Holdings

 

The Character Group plc announces that the following amendments are being made to the "Results of Tender Offer" announcement released on 14 February 2022 under RNS number 5112B (the "Initial Announcement") in respect of certain Directors' holdings following the settlement of the Tender Offer.

 

In the Initial Announcement, the number of shares tendered by each of the Directors who participated in the Tender Offer was stated subject to confirmation of final allocations by the relevant CREST nominee shareholder(s) where applications under the Tender Offer were made by that nominee on behalf of more than one beneficiary.

 

The Company has now received confirmation of final allocations from each of the Directors who participated in the Tender Offer. The numbers of shares tendered under the Tender Offer have been amended for the following Directors only:

 

Name

Number of Ordinary Shares tendered, as stated in the Initial Announcement

Amended number of Ordinary Shares tendered

Amended holding of Ordinary Shares following the Tender Offer

Percentage of issued Ordinary Share capital following the Tender Offer

Kiran Shah(1)

261,944

262,102

1,914,376

9.92%

Jon Diver(2)

171,893

171,892

1,256,356

6.51%

Jeremiah Healy(3)

8,784

8,183

64,817

0.34%

David Harris(4)

8,205

12,112

56,071

0.29%

Clive Crouch

1,847

980

14,378

0.07%

 

Notes:

(1)  21,396 Ordinary Shares have been tendered by Mr Shah personally and 240,706 Ordinary Shares by Sarissa Holdings Limited, following which Mr Shah's interests comprise 155,082 Ordinary Shares held personally by Mr Shah and 1,759,294 Ordinary Shares held by Sarissa Holdings Limited.

(2)  105,474 Ordinary Shares have been tendered by Mr Diver personally and 66,418 Ordinary Shares by Mr Diver's Self Invested Pension Plan, following which Mr Diver's interests comprise 770,907 Ordinary Shares held personally by Mr Diver and 485,449 Ordinary Shares held by Mr Diver's Self Invested Pension Plan.

(3)  1,925 Ordinary Shares have been tendered by Mr Healy personally and 6,258 Ordinary Shares by Mr Healy's wife, following which Mr Healy's interests comprise 14,075 Ordinary Shares held personally by Mr Healy, 5,000 Ordinary Shares held by Mr Healy's Self Invested Pension Plan, and 45,742 Ordinary Shares held by Mr Healy's wife.

(4)  12,112 Ordinary Shares have been tendered by Mr Harris's Self Invested Pension Plan, following which Mr Harris's interests comprise 16,780 Ordinary Shares held personally by Mr Harris and 39,291 Ordinary Shares held by Mr Harris's Self Invested Pension Plan.

 

 

Capitalised terms and expressions have the same meanings as those attributed to them in the circular letter to shareholders published by the Company on 28 January 2022.

 

The Character Group plc

FTSE sector :  leisure goods:

FTSE AIM All-share: symbol: CCT

Market cap : £121m

Email:  info@charactergroup.plc.uk 

Group website:   www.thecharacter.com  

Product ranges can also be viewed at www.character-online.co.uk  

CHARACTER GROUP PLC CCT Stock | London Stock Exchange

 

 

Enquiries to:

The Character Group plc

Jon Diver, Joint Managing Director

Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director & Group Finance Director

Office:  +44 (0) 208 329 3377

Mobile: +44 (0) 7831 802219 (JD)

Mobile: +44 (0) 7956 278522 (KS)

 

Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Atholl Tweedie, Corporate Finance

Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking

Rupert Dearden, Corporate Broking

Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7886 2500

 

Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)

Nick Athanas/Nick Naylor, Corporate Finance

Amrit Nahal, Sales & Corporate Broking

Tel:  +44 (0) 20 3328 5656

 

 

TooleyStreet Communications Limited (Investor and media relations)

Fiona Tooley

Tel:  +44 (0) 7785 703523

Email: fiona@tooleystreet.com

 

 

 

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which is part of UK domestic law pursuant to the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations (SI 2019/310).

 

1. 

Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a. 

Name

(i)  Kiran Shah

(ii)  Jon Diver

(iii)  Jeremiah Healy

(iv)  David Harris

(v)  Clive Crouch

2. 

Reason for the notification

a. 

Position/status

(i)  Joint Managing Director and Group Finance Director

(ii)  Joint Managing Director

(iii)  Group Marketing Director

(iv)  Non-Executive Director

(v)  Non-Executive Director

b. 

Initial notification/Amendment

Amendment

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

Sale of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Tender Offer

c. 

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name

Price(s)

Volume

Kiran Shah

630p

262,102

Jon Diver

630p

171,892

Jeremiah Healy

630p

8,183

David Harris

630p

12,112

Clive Crouch

630p

980

 

d. 

Aggregated information

· Aggregated volume

· Price

Not applicable.

e. 

Date of the transaction

14 February 2022

f. 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

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