Transfer of treasury shares & Total Voting Rights

Friday, 21 October 2022

The Character Group plc

Designers, developers and international distributor of toys, games and giftware

(the "Company "or "Character Group")

Transfer of treasury shares and Total Voting Rights

The Company announces that a total of 9,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") each held as treasury shares have been transferred from treasury following the exercise of an employee's share option.  Of these Ordinary Shares, 5,000 were transferred on 19 October 2022 and 4,000 were transferred on 20 October 2022.

Following these transfers, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 21,465,929 Ordinary Shares of which 2,149,477 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights in Character Group is 19,316,452. This figure of 19,316,452 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.