Character Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (4014Z)

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RNS Number : 4014Z

Character Group PLC

14 March 2017

14 March 2017

The Character Group plc

("Character Group" or the "Company")

Directors' share dealings

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Character Group (AiM: CCT) the designer, developer and international distributor of branded toys, games and giftware, announces that Mr Mark Dowding and Mr Clive Crouch, being Directors of the Company and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs), have notified the Company of share purchase transactions effected in the market yesterday (13 March 2017) by them respectively as follows:

-- Mark Dowding, Group Finance Director, purchased 6,605 ordinary shares of 5p each in Character Group ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 515p per share. Following this purchase, Mr Dowding's shareholding in the Company has increased to 100,000 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.47% of the Company's issued voting share capital.

-- Clive Crouch, Non-executive Director, purchased 9,803 Ordinary Shares at a price of 515p per share. Following this purchase, Mr Crouch's shareholding in the Company has increased to 15,358 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.07% of the Company's issued voting share capital.

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
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 a.   Name                             Mark Dowding and Clive Crouch 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a.   Position/status                  Group finance director/Non-executive 
                                        director 
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 b.   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial notification 
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 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market 
       participant, auction platform, auctioneer or 
       auction monitor 
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 a.   Name                             The Character Group plc 
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 b.   LEI 
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 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 
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 a.   Description of                   Ordinary shares of 5 pence 
       the 
       Financial instrument, 
       type of instrument               GB0008976119 
       Identification 
       code 
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 b.   Nature of the transaction        Purchase of shares 
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 c.   Price(s) and volume(s)            Name            Price(s)    Volume 
                                        --------------  ----------  ------- 
                                         Mark Dowding    514.2824p   2,705 
                                        --------------  ----------  ------- 
                                         Mark Dowding    515p        3,900 
                                        --------------  ----------  ------- 
                                         Clive Crouch    515p        9,803 
                                        --------------  ----------  ------- 
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 d.        Aggregated information 
             *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
             *    Price 
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 e.   Date of the transaction          13 March 2017 
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 f.   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange, AIM 
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Enquiries:

The Character Group plc

Mark Dowding, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker

Andrew Godber

Tom Salvesen

Tel: [phone]

Allenby Capital Limited, Joint Broker

Nick Athanas

Katrina Perez

Tel: [phone]

Tooley Street Communications, IR & Media Relations

Fiona Tooley

Tel: [phone]

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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