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Director's Dealing • Sep 5, 2022
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Director's Dealing
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RNS Number : 1722Y
UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC
05 September 2022
5 September 2022
UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC
"Ultimate Products" or "the Company" or "the Group"
Persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") dealing
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), was informed on 1st September 2022 that James McCarthy, Chairman, on 1st September 2022 bought 65,000 ordinary shares of 0.25p ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 119.7p per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Mr McCarthy has a beneficial interest in 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 1.1% of the Company's issued share capital.
The Company was also informed on 1st September 2022 that Robbie Bell, Non-Executive Director, on 1st September 2022 bought 100,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 119.7p per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Mr Bell has a beneficial interest in 502,144 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.6% 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 Chris Dent, Chief Financial Officer |
| 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
James McCarthy
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position / status
Chairman
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
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 of Ordinary Shares
e)
Price and volume
| Price (PENCE) | Volume | |
| James McCarthy | 119.7p | 65,000 |
f)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
65,000
119.7p
g)
Date of the transaction
1 September 2022
h)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
Robbie Bell
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position / status
Non-Executive Director
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
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 of Ordinary Shares
e)
Price and volume
| Price (PENCE) | Volume | |
| Robbie Bell | 119.7p | 100,000 |
f)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
100,000
119.7p
g)
Date of the transaction
1 September 2022
h)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
Notes to Editors
About Ultimate Products
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 350 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 Cologne, Germany.
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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