Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ultimate Products PLC

26 July 2024

 

Ultimate Products plc

("Ultimate Products", "Company" or "the Group")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ultimate Products, the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, est.1760) and Beldray (est.1872), announces that on 25 July 2024, Simon Showman, Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, sold 45,720 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company at a price of 137 pence per Ordinary Share and each of his three adult children's ISAs purchased 15,240 Ordinary Shares at a price of 137 pence per share.

The Company also announces that on 15 July 2024 Simon Showman's wife, Hayley Showman, gifted 200,000 Ordinary Shares for nil consideration to The Showmanrose Foundation, a charitable trust.

Further details of the above dealings are set out at the end of this announcement.

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Chris Dent, CFO.

For more information, please contact:

Ultimate Products [phone]

Andrew Gossage, CEO

Chris Dent, CFO

Shore Capital [phone]

Mark Percy

Malachy McEntyre

David Coaten
Harry Davies-Ball

Isobel Jones

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited + 44 (0)20 7220 0500

Carl Holmes (Corporate Finance)

Matt Goode (Corporate Finance)

Abigail Kelly (Corporate Finance)

Charlie Combe (ECM)

Sodali & Co [phone]

Rob Greening

Sam Austrums

Oliver Banks

Notes to Editors

Ultimate Products is the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, established in 1760) and Beldray (a laundry, floor care, heating and cooling brand that was established in 1872). According to its market research, nearly 80% of UK households own at least one of the Group's products.

Ultimate Products sells to over 300 retailers across 38 countries, and specialises in five product categories: Small Domestic Appliances; Housewares; Laundry; Audio; and Heating and Cooling. Other brands include Progress (cookware and bakeware), Kleeneze (laundry and floorcare), Petra (small domestic appliances) and Intempo (audio).

The Group's products are sold to a broad cross-section of both large national and international multi-channel retailers as well as smaller national retail chains, incorporating discount retailers, supermarkets, general retailers and online retailers.

Founded in 1997, Ultimate Products employs over 370 staff, a significant number of whom have joined via the Group's graduate development scheme, and is headquartered in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where it has design, sales, marketing, buying, quality assurance, support functions and warehouse facilities across two sites. Manor Mill, the Group's head office, includes a spectacular 20,000 sq ft showroom that showcases each of its brands. In addition, the Group has an office and showroom in Guangzhou, China and in Paris, France.

Please note that Ultimate Products is not the owner of Russell Hobbs. The company currently has licence agreements in place granting it an exclusive licence to use the "Russell Hobbs" trademark for cookware and laundry (NB this does not include Russell Hobbs electrical appliances).

For further information, please visit www.upplc.com.  

Pursuant to the notification obligations in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Simon Showman
2.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Position / status	Chief Commercial Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ultimate Products Plc
b)	LEI	213800Q5GWTVIW6KJW33
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
c)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products plc   ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
d)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 45,720 Ordinary Shares by Simon Showman and purchase of 15,240 Ordinary Shares by each of his adult children's ISAs
e)	Price and volume	Type Price (PENCE) Volume Simon Showman 137 45,720 Dylan Rose 137 15,240 Alfie Showman 137 15,240 Jack Showman 137 15,240
f)	Aggregated information  Aggregated volume  Price	Type Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Sale 137 45,720
g)	Date of the transaction	25 July 2024
h)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Hayley Showman
2.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Position / status	Person Closely Associated with Simon Showman, Chief Commercial Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ultimate Products Plc
b)	LEI	213800Q5GWTVIW6KJW33
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
c)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products plc   ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
d)	Nature of the transaction	Gift of 200,000 Ordinary Shares for nil consideration to The Showmanrose Foundation, a charitable trust
e)	Price and volume	Type Price (PENCE) Volume Gift N/A 200,000
f)	Aggregated information  Aggregated volume  Price	Type Aggregate Price Aggregate Volume Gift As above As above
g)	Date of the transaction	15 July 2024
h)	Place of the transaction	Off market

 

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