UP GLOBAL SOURCING HOLDINGS PLC

Director's Dealing • May 3, 2022

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 9551J

UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC

03 May 2022

3 May 2022

UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC

"Ultimate Products" or "the Company" or "the Group"

Persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") dealing

Ultimate Products, the owner, manager, designer and developer of an extensive range of value-focused consumer goods brands, announces that Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer Designate, on 29 April 2022 acquired 12,590 Ordinary Shares at a price of 158.85 pence per share. Following this purchase, Mr Dent has an interest in 32,637 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.03 % of the Company's issued share capital.

For more information please contact:

UP Global Sourcing Holdings plc	+44 (0) 161 627 1400 Simon Showman, CEO Andrew Gossage, Managing Director Graham Screawn, Chief Financial Officer Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer Designate
Powerscourt	+44 (0) 207 250 1446 Rob Greening Sam Austrums

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

Chris Dent

2.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Position / status

Chief Financial Officer Designate

b)

Initial notification / amendment

29 April 2022

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

UP Global Sourcing Holdings 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 UP Global Sourcing Holdings plc  

ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58

d)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase

e)

Price and volume

	Price (PENCE)	Volume
Acquired	158.85	12,590

f)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

12,590 acquired

158.85 pence

g)

Date of the transaction

29 April 2022 

h)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Notes to Editors

About Ultimate Products

Ultimate Products is an owner, manager, designer and developer of a series of well-known brands focused on the home, selling to over 300 retailers across 38 countries. It has five product categories: Audio; Heating and Cooling; Housewares; Laundry; and Small Domestic Appliances. Its brands include Beldray (laundry, floor care, heating and cooling), Intempo (audio), Salter (kitchen and bathroomware), Progress (cookware and bakeware), Kleeneze (laundry and floorcare) and Petra (small domestic appliances).

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. Its best-selling products include frying pans, mugs and speakers, selling approximately one million of each every year.

Founded in 1997, Ultimate Products 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 Cologne, Germany.

Ultimate Products' graduate development scheme was launched in 2012 and in 2020 it welcomed its 300th graduate. In total, Ultimate Products now employs over 300 staff.

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 (NB this does not include Russell Hobbs electrical appliances).

For further information, please visit www.upgs.com

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