Character Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1578B)

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RNS Number : 1578B

Character Group PLC

05 January 2018

Friday, 5 January 2018

The Character Group plc

("Group" or the "Company")

Directors' share dealings

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Michael Hyde (Managing Director of the Group's Far East Operations) being a Director of the Company and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs), has notified the Company that, on 5 January 2018he exercised 100,000 unapproved share options, at an exercise price of 213p per share. Accordingly, the Company then allotted to Mr Hyde 100,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each representing 0.48% 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                             Michael Hyde 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a.   Position/status                  Managing Director of Far East 
                                        Operations 
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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                              213800HY6EB8T8VWWE73 
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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        Exercise of share options 
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 c.   Price(s) and volume(s)            Name       Price(s)   Volume 
                                        ---------  ---------  -------- 
                                         Michael 
                                          Hyde      213p       100,000 
                                        ---------  ---------  -------- 
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 d.        Aggregated information      N/A 
             *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
             *    Price 
---  -------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 e.   Date of the transaction          5 January 2018 
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 f.   Place of the transaction         XOFF 
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Enquiries:

The Character Group plc

Kiran Shah, 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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