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CCT Character Group Plc

261.00
0.00 (0.00%)
Last Updated: 08:00:07
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Character Group Plc LSE:CCT London Ordinary Share GB0008976119 ORD 5P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 261.00 258.00 264.00 262.00 261.00 261.00 0.00 08:00:07
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Toys,hobby Gds & Supply-whsl 122.59M 3.5M 0.1807 14.44 50.54M
Character Group Plc is listed in the Toys,hobby Gds & Supply-whsl sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker CCT. The last closing price for Character was 261p. Over the last year, Character shares have traded in a share price range of 238.00p to 380.00p.

Character currently has 19,365,770 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Character is £50.54 million. Character has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 14.44.

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
19/10/2015
19:30
BBC put this out today:

@bbcpress: #Teletubbies returns! Media Pack, incl Q&As w/ @Fearnecotton, @danielrigby & #JimBroadbent -> bbc.in/1Lkg7jl pic.twitter.com/00NMMaGGJb

darlocst
19/10/2015
17:43
It is very quiet on this BB. Any updates anyone? Telebubbies - any news?
Star wars is attracting a lot of interest, however I do not recall CCT having any or many stock lines.

h1a3
01/10/2015
06:21
Entertainment one take control of Peppa pig from founders, any effect on charachter, will they get more or less work with them in control?
worldwide expansion to double Peppa pig is Entertainmen ones aim, is that something character can participate in?

mcartdon
30/9/2015
13:49
A good write up in shares magazine I see if any had missed it?
Basically saying not to worry about director offloading (he still retains a huge pile)
Stresses on it being highly cash generative whilst having modest capex requirements.
That being said I think a target of 575 on a p/e of 12 is very conservative target?

r1singson
28/9/2015
10:45
Seems to be lots of small sellers over the last few weeks or so that constantly keep hitting the bid side. But, then, every now and again you see a large 'buy'.

Don't know if you can read anything into this or not but i do get the feeling that stock is being hovered up behind the scenes.

Very tight spread (that i haven't seen for a very long time) is one indication of a balance between buyers and sellers.

cfro
24/9/2015
20:45
whats with these last two trades
17:05:11 256.25 15,450 39,590.63 O
17:02:45 512.50 7,725 39,590.63 O
have they split the shares?

mcartdon
24/9/2015
08:51
Teletubbies part of the Governments GREAT Britain campaign. Giving out big hugs to everyone!
mr_spock
24/9/2015
07:36
It could be that DR Who and Peppa Pig are CCT's two major sellers this Christmas. They do certainly appear to be growing in popularity thats for sure.

Its perhaps a little early days for the Clangers and obviously Teletubbies are yet to be launched.

Entertainment One - Peppa Pig's owner - have just announced further new series etc and have said that the brand is as popular now as ever.

cfro
23/9/2015
21:50
Fido,
Many thanks, interesting indeed. A growing fan base I think for Dr. Who.

thorpematt
22/9/2015
16:56
Fido,
Thanks for the links.
Interestingly, many Dr Who fans have already made comments and are expressing a lot of curiosity in the anticipated announcement. Hopefully they will not be disappointed and more importantly, the market will react positively.

h1a3
22/9/2015
16:46
Interesting links, Fido; thanks for sharing :-)
saucepan
22/9/2015
16:35
THORPEMATT,

The market is looking forward to what is claimed to be a major announcement from Character Options regarding Dr Who merchandise being released at 10.00 hrs on Thursday 24th of September to coinside with the new series.

fido
22/9/2015
14:49
gargleblaster

Thanks for the update, can't disagree with the sentiment. CCT showing good relative strength vs wider market.

thorpematt
22/9/2015
12:06
Good to see IC are still onside as far as CCT are concerned!

New investors onboard at Character

I am not the only one who thinks there is more upside to shares in the fourth-largest distributor of toys in the UK, Character (CCT: 518p). I recommended running profits at 505p ('Small caps with further to go', 10 Sep 2015) after the price hit my target of 525p, having originally advised buying at 415p ('Playtime', 1 Jun 2015).

Since I published that article 12 days ago, and following an institutional roadshow, managing director Jon Diver and finance director Kiran Shah have between them offloaded an aggregate of 2.43m shares at 510p. A new investor, hedge fund GLG Partners, has appeared on the share register with an interest in 1.2m shares, or 5.55 per cent of the share capital. Mr Shah and Mr Diver retain holdings in a total of 3.64m shares, or almost 17 per cent of the company's shares in issue, so they still have a substantial financial interest and you really can't fault them for cashing in some of their investments.

Moreover, with a bumper set of fiscal 2015 results due to be released in the first week of December, and the relaunch of in January highly supportive of Character's profits in the current financial year to the end of August 2016, then I feel a rating of 12 times' earnings for the fiscal year just ended is hardly exacting. A move through my 525p target price to the joint house broker's target price of 575p is a real possibility so, on a bid-offer spread of 510p to 518p, I would continue to run profits.

gargleblaster
18/9/2015
17:21
Might be Orange yes.

I noticed lots of individual trades going through @510p today. I am assuming they were all sells. Never noticed anything go through on the offer..

That in itself could be construed as a negative as shareholders sell out, 'but', equally it never knocked the price one bit, so one could assume plenty of demand behind the scenes for shares maybe.

Edit - Ah! just noticed the holdings rns - it appears GLG picked up the 1.2m.

cfro
18/9/2015
15:02
Which has to be a counterparty to the 1.2m trade of yesterday.
orange1
18/9/2015
13:04
More large volume again today.

1.2m....

cfro
18/9/2015
07:19
Depends on how you view it. It certainly can be construed as 'good news' for the demand that exists for the shares.

However, as i say, all i know is that if i were a director i wouldn't want to let go of my shares, that is if the potential for International sales is truly exciting.

cfro
17/9/2015
21:56
Institutions and others very keen to get their hands on CCT stock - which seems to be what this is all about - augurs well, surely?

I look forward to "holdings" announcements.

Character Group (AIM: CCT) announces it has recently undertaken a series of institutional investor meetings which were well received. In response to demand from institutional and other investors . . . have agreed to make stock available to meet this demand.

saucepan
17/9/2015
21:46
Not if the results are more than two months away.
orange1
17/9/2015
21:27
I think Buffy has a point re directors selling at this time. Isnt it a closed period?
cfro
17/9/2015
19:16
From another site.

Thu 17 Sep 2015 17:15
RNS Number : 4415Z
Character Group PLC
17 September 2015

17 September 2015

The Character Group plc
("Character Group" or the "Company")

Director's share dealing


Character Group (AIM: CCT) announces it has recently undertaken a series of institutional investor meetings which were well received. In response to demand from institutional and other investors, Sarissa Holdings Limited (a company in which Kiran Shah, Group Finance Director and Joint Managing Director, has a beneficial interest) and Jon Diver (Group Marketing Director and Joint Managing Director) have agreed to make stock available to meet this demand.

The Company has today received notification that Jon Diver has exercised unapproved options in respect of a total of 750,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held currently in treasury, at an exercise price of 187p per share. He has subsequently sold 600,000 of such Ordinary Shares in the market at a price of 510p per share.

Accordingly, 750,000 Ordinary Shares (the "Option Shares") were allotted to Jon Diver by the Company on 17 September 2015, to satisfy the option exercise. The Option Shares rank pari passu with the existing issued Ordinary Shares, and have been admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc.

In addition Sarissa Holdings Limited, has today sold 1,830,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 510p per share.

For the purposes of the Financial Conduct 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 issue of the Option Shares but excluding the remaining Ordinary Shares held in treasury) is 21,608,490 ("Revised Issued Voting Share Capital").

Following the above mentioned exercise of share options, the sale of Option Shares and the accompanying sale of Ordinary Shares, the interests of Kiran Shah and Jon Diver in the Revised Issued Voting Share Capital are as follows:


Director
Exercise of Share Options
Sale of Option Shares
Sale of Ordinary Shares
Directors' resulting interests
approx. % of Revised
Issued Voting
Share Capital
Kiran Shah1
-
-
1,830,000
2,287,001
10.58%
Jon Diver2
750,000
600,000
-
1,356,003
6.28%

Notes:
1. included in the interests of K.P. Shah are the interests of Sarissa Holdings Limited in 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares.
2. included in the interests of J.J. Diver are 551,867 Ordinary Shares held by Mr Diver's personal pension scheme;


Character Group holds 3,269,456 Ordinary Shares in treasury, representing approximately 15.13 per cent. of the Revised Issued Voting Share Capital, which do not carry voting rights.



The Character Group plc Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377
Kiran Shah, Group Finance Director & Joint MD Ticker: AIM: CCT
Mark Dowding, Company Secretary

Panmure Gordon Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Russell Cook
Tom Salvenson

Allenby Capital Limited Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
Joint Broker
Nick Athanas
Katrina Perez

Tooley Street Communications Tel: +44 (0)7785 703 523
IR & Media Relations
Fiona Tooley

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END


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h1a3
17/9/2015
18:33
The fact that 4.7m shares were traded at 510p does not mean that all trades were sells. Some will have been sells and some buys imo. I queried before why Allenby had been appointed joint brokers. I think they will have been involved in today's dealings which almost certainly involved a director or directors selling out.
orange1
17/9/2015
18:31
Because opening the shares up to institutional investors and widening ownership will allow interested parties to see that all bets are on for expansion in the future. backing for fast change may be required,
Taking profits and widening personal interests is insurance for the directors, however the two directors retain 17m £ of shares,
One problem in the past has been controlling large holdings near 35%,
The company may wish to introduce new professional personnel suitable for a bigger business, and expand with institutional backing,those institutions want to share in the gains. and must be confident of the future at 5.10.
its a pity we haven't been shared the institutional information and plans.
However the price must represent fair value to the directors and to the institutions who must expect progress and further gains.

mcartdon
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