Ultimate Products - Director / PDMR Shareholding
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RNS Number : 0621G
Ultimate Products PLC
27 September 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 27 September 2024, David Bloomfield,
Supply Chain Director, and his wife, Susan Bloomfield, each sold 60,000 ordinary shares of 0.25p each ("Ordinary
Shares") in the Company at a price of 136 pence per Ordinary Share.
The Company also announces that it has today been informed that Duncan Singleton, Trading Director, has
effected the following transactions:
1.
on 24 September 2024, Duncan effected a "Bed and ISA" by selling 14,409 Ordinary Shares from his dealing
account and immediately repurchasing the same number of Ordinary Shares into his ISA, each at a price
of £1.40 per Ordinary Share; and
2.
on 25 September 2024, Duncan effected a "Bed and ISA" by selling 14,383 Ordinary Shares from his dealing
account and immediately repurchasing the same number of Ordinary Shares into his ISA, each at a price
of £1.38 per Ordinary Share.
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 +44 (0) 161 627 1400
Andrew Gossage, CEO
Chris Dent, CFO
Shore Capital +44 (0) 20 7408 4090
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 +44 (0) 207 250 1446
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
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
David Bloomfield
a)
Position /
Supply Chain Director
status
b)
Initial
Initial notification
notification /
amendment
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
d)
Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products plc
instrument
ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
Nature of the
Sale of Ordinary Shares
transaction
e)
Price and
volume
f)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated
volume
Type
Price (PENCE)
Volume
Sale
136
60,000
Type
Aggregate Price
Aggregate Volume
Sale
136
60,000
Price
g)
Date of the
27 September 2024
transaction
h)
Place of the
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
transaction
1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position /
Susan Bloomfield
Person Closely Associated with David Bloomfield, Supply Chain Director
status
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
d)
Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products plc
instrument
ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
Nature of the
Sale of Ordinary Shares
transaction
e)
Price and
volume
f)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated
volume
Type
Price (PENCE)
Volume
Sale
136
60,000
Type
Aggregate Price
Aggregate Volume
Sale
136
60,000
Price
g)
Date of the
27 September 2024
transaction
h)
Place of the
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
transaction
1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position /
Duncan Singleton
Trading Director
status
b)
Initial
Initial notification
notification
/
amendment
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
Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products
of the
plc
financial
d)
instrument
ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
Nature of
Sale and repurchase of Ordinary Shares through a "Bed and ISA"
the
arrangement
transaction
e)
Price and
volume
f)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated
volume
Type
Price (PENCE)
Volume
Sale
140
14,409
Purchase
140
14,409
Type
Aggregate Price
Aggregate Volume
Sale & repurchase
140
14,409
Price
g)
Date of the
24 September 2024
transaction
h)
Place of the
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
transaction
1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position /
Duncan Singleton
Trading Director
status
b)
Initial
Initial notification
notification
/
amendment
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
Ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital of Ultimate Products
of the
plc
financial
d)
instrument
ISIN: GB00BYX7MG58
Nature of
Sale and repurchase of Ordinary Shares through a "Bed and ISA"
the
arrangement
transaction
e)
Price and
volume
f)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated
volume
Type
Price (PENCE)
Volume
Sale
138
14,383
Purchase
138
14,383
Type
Aggregate Price
Aggregate Volume
Sale & repurchase
138
14,383
Price
g)
Date of the
25 September 2024
transaction
h)
Place of the
London Stock Exchange (XLON)
transaction
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