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THE CHARACTER GROUP PLC
Capital/Financing Update • Feb 17, 2021
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Character Group PLC
17 February 2021
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LONDON: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
THE CHARACTER GROUP PLC
("Character", "Company", "Group")
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys, games and giftware
Purchase of new warehouse premises
The Board of Character (AIM symbol: CCT) is pleased to report that, following a simultaneous exchange of contracts and completion, the Group has today acquired a warehouse and office complex at Townley Street, Middleton in Lancashire at a price of £5m (excluding VAT). These premises, which are located within 6 miles of the Company's main operational base in Oldham, provide a total of approximately 157,000 sq. ft. of warehouse, office and ancillary accommodation/facilities and are positioned on a plot of approximately 7.44 acres. It will serve as an over-spill warehousing facility for the Group's UK operations, after some updating and fitting out to suit the Group's operating systems and processes.
| The Character Group plc FTSE sector: leisure goods: FTSE AIM All-share: symbol: CCT Market cap: £93.8m Email: [email protected] |
| Group website: www.thecharacter.com Product ranges can also be viewed at www.character-online.co.uk |
| Enquiries to: The Character Group plc Jon Diver, Joint Managing Director Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director & Group Finance Director |
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| Office: +44 (0) 208 329 3377 Mobile: +44 (0) 7831 802219 (JD) Mobile: +44 (0) 7956 278522 (KS) |
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| Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking Charles Leigh-Pemberton, Corporate Broking Rupert Dearden, Corporate Broking Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
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| Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Nick Athanas, Corporate Finance Amrit Nahal, Sales & Corporate Broking Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656 |
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| TooleyStreet Communications Limited (Investor and media relations) Fiona Tooley Tel: +44 (0) 7785 703523 Email: [email protected] |
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