Friday, 17 January 2025
The Character Group plc
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys, games, and giftware
(the "Company")
Result of 2025 Annual General Meeting
At today's Annual General Meeting, all of the ordinary and special resolutions put to Members and contained in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed. All votes were conducted by way of a poll and the results of polling was as follows:
| Resolution | Votes for | % for | Votes against | % against | Abstain |
| Ordinary Resolution 1 | 10,285,236 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ordinary Resolution 2 | 10, 285,236 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ordinary Resolution 3 | 10,277,675 | 99.93% | 7,561 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Ordinary Resolution 4 | 10, 277,675 | 99.93% | 7,561 | 0.07% | 0 |
| Ordinary Resolution 5 | 10,284,480 | 99.99% | 151 | 0.0015% | 605 |
| Ordinary Resolution 6 | 10,258,255 | 99.74% | 26,700 | 0.26% | 281 |
| Ordinary Resolution 7 | 10,284,955 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 281 |
| Special Resolution 8 | 5,618,159 | 98.7% | 74,284 | 1.3% | 4,592,793 |
(Total votes validly lodged for or cast at the AGM: 10,285,236)
A full report of the poll will be available to view on the Company's website at www.thecharacter.com later today.
Dividend
Following approval by Members, a final dividend of 11.0 pence per ordinary share will be paid on 31 January 2025 to Members on the register at the close of business today (17 January 2025). This brings the total dividend per share paid in respect of the year ended 31 August 2024 to 19.0p.
| ENQUIRIES: |
| The Character Group plc Ray Smyth, Company Secretary Office: +44 (0) 208 329 3377 Email: info@charactergroup.plc.uk |
| Panmure Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking 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/Tony Quirke, 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: fiona@tooleystreet.com | ||
FTSE sector: leisure:
FTSE AIM All-share: symbol: CCT
Market cap: £50m
| Product ranges can be viewed at www.character-online.com. |
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