Character Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares (5397C)
18 June 2019 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5397C
Character Group PLC
18 June 2019
18 June 2019
The Character Group plc
("Character Group" or the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
Character Group (AIM: CCT) announces that, yesterday, it bought
back for cancellation 9,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the
capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the share
buyback programme announced on 12 December 2018 (the "Programme")
and the Company's stated objective to enhance shareholder
value.
As a result of the above, the Company's issued share capital
consists of 23,659,251 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 2,433,256
Ordinary Shares in treasury which do not carry voting rights and
therefore the total number of voting rights in Character Group is
21,225,995. The figure of 21,225,995 may be used by shareholders as
the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine
if they are required to notify their interest, or change to their
interest, in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
The Company has an unutilised capacity to buy back up to a
further 3,106,436 Ordinary Shares under the authority granted at
the Annual General Meeting on 18 January 2019.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No
596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedules below contain
a summary of and detailed information about the purchases made by
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the
Programme.
Schedule 1: Summary of buy-back transactions
Date of purchase: 17 June 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 9,000
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Highest price paid per Ordinary Share
(pence) 575.00
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Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share
(pence) 575.00
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Volume weighted average price paid
per Ordinary Share (pence) 575.00
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Schedule 2: Details of buy-back transactions
Transaction
price (pence
Time of purchase Number of Ordinary per Ordinary
Date of purchase (hh:mm - GMT) Shares purchased Share)
17/06/19 11:14 hrs 9,000 575.00
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Enquiries:
The Character Group plc
Kiran Shah, Joint MD
Tel: +44 (0)208 329 3377
Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking
Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking
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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