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Character Group: Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights

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Summary by 6ix AI

On October 16, 2026, The Character Group plc bought 7,500 of its ordinary shares of £0.05 each from Panmure Liberum Limited at 310 pence per share, under its share buyback programme announced on February 2, 2026. The repurchased shares have been cancelled.

Key details

  • The purchase was a single trade of 7,500 shares at 310 pence per share, made at 15.44.55.
  • After the purchase, the company holds 1,983,059 shares in treasury (shares it has bought back and kept) and has 17,286,949 shares in issue, excluding treasury shares.
  • Total voting rights in the company will be 17,286,949. Shareholders may use this figure to work out whether they must report their holding, or a change in it, under the disclosure rules of the FCA, the UK financial regulator.

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Friday, 16 October 2026

The Character Group plc

("Character" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

Character announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 2 February 2026 (the "Programme"), the Company purchased a number of its issued ordinary shares of £0.05 each ("Ordinary Shares") from Panmure Liberum Limited ("Panmure Liberum") in accordance with the following particulars:

Date of purchase:

16 October 2026

Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

7,500

Lowest price paid per share (GB pence):

310

Highest price paid per share (GB pence):

310

Volume weighted average price paid per share (GB pence):

310

The repurchased shares have been cancelled. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 1,983,059 shares in treasury and has 17,286,949 shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 17,286,949.  The figure of 17,286,949 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014, which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Panmure Liberum as part of the Programme.

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted average price (pence per share)

Aggregate volume

AIMX

310

7,500

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Venue

7,500

310

15.44.55

AIMX

Enquiries to:

The Character Group plc

Jon Diver, Joint Managing Director

Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director

Hamun Shah, Group Finance Director

Office:  +44 (0) 208 329 3377

Panmure Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Atholl Tweedie, Investment Banking

Rupert Dearden, Corporate Broking

Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7886 2500

Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)

Nick Athanas, Corporate Finance

Amrit Nahal / Tony Quirke, Sales & Corporate Broking

Tel:  +44 (0) 20 3328 5656

TooleyStreet Communications Limited (Investor and media relations)

Fiona Tooley

Tel:  +44 (0) 7785 703523

Email: fiona@tooleystreet.com

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