Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5434Q
Character Group PLC
06 June 2018
 

 

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)

Name

Price(s)

Volume

Mr. Michael Hyde

520p upon exercise

100,000

Mr. Jeremiah Healy

520p upon exercise

72,000

d.             

Aggregated information

·      Aggregated volume

·      Price

 

172,000

520p upon exercise

 

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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