Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6181L

Character Group PLC

10 May 2010

 

Date: Monday, 10 May 2010

The Character Group plc

('Company' or 'Group')

designers, developers and international distributors of toys, games and gifts

Director's Shareholding

The Company announced on 7 May 2010 that it had purchased 56,000 ordinary shares for cancellation. Following this buy-back the beneficial shareholding of Richard King, Executive Chairman, being 5,606,209 ordinary shares, now represents approximately 19.00 per cent of the total issued share capital of the Company.

In addition, Sarissa Holdings Limited, a company in which Kiran Shah, Group Finance Director and Joint MD, has an indirect interest, which holds 6,545,000 ordinary shares in the Company, following the share buy back, represents approximately 22.18 per cent of the total issued share capital of the Company.  

Enquiries:
	Richard King, Chairman	Fiona Tooley	Russell Cook
	Kiran Shah, Group Finance Director &  Joint MD		Carl Holmes
	The Character Group plc	Citigate Dewe Rogerson	Charles Stanley Securities
	Mobile: [phone] (RK)	Mobile: [phone] (FT)	(Nominated Adviser)
	Mobile: [phone] (KS)	Tel: [phone]	Tel: [phone]
	Tel: [phone]
	www.thecharacter.com
	Ticker: AIM: CCT

 

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