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      <title>Lease of Infinity House warehouse&amp;Grant of option</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group PLC has leased its 138,084 sq. ft. warehouse at Infinity House to Comfy Quilts Limited for an initial five-year term at approximately £773,000 per annum, with Comfy Quilts having a right to terminate after three years. Concurrently, an option has been granted to Robertsbridge Property Co Limited, connected to Comfy Quilts, to purchase the entire Infinity House property, including the office complex, for £9.8 million, exercisable until June 30, 2026.
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      <title>Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group plc has repurchased 5,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 240 pence per share, totaling £12,000, as part of its ongoing share buyback program. These repurchased shares have been cancelled, reducing the total number of issued shares to 17,529,149, which will serve as the denominator for shareholder notification calculations under FCA rules. The company now holds 1,983,059 shares in treasury.
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      <title>Transaction in Own Shares &amp; Total Voting Rights</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group plc has purchased 5,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 250 pence per share, totalling £12,500, as part of its share buyback programme. These repurchased shares have been cancelled, reducing the total number of issued shares to 17,634,849, which shareholders should use as the denominator for disclosure calculations. The company now holds 1,983,059 shares in treasury.
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      <title>Directors’ share dealings</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group plc announced that Joint Managing Directors Jon Diver and Kiran Shah have engaged in share dealings. Mr. Diver sold 8,000 ordinary shares at 240.1p and purchased 8,000 ordinary shares at 249.9p, resulting in no change to his holding of 984,089 shares, representing 5.58% of the company. Mr. Shah sold 17,119 ordinary shares at 239p and purchased 17,119 ordinary shares at 239p, leaving his holding unchanged at 1,928,766 shares, which is approximately 10.93% of the company&apos;s issu</description>
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      <title>New Share Buyback Programme</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group plc has launched a new share buyback programme to repurchase ordinary shares for up to £3.0 million, funded by existing cash resources, aiming to enhance shareholder returns and reduce share capital as the board believes the current share price undervalues the group. This programme follows a previous buyback where approximately £3.0 million worth of shares were purchased between October 2024 and January 2026. The new programme will commence immediately and continue until Janu</description>
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      <title>Result of AGM</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group plc announced that all ordinary resolutions were approved by shareholders at its Annual General Meeting, with voting conducted by poll. The company will pay a final dividend of 3.0 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 August 2025, bringing the total declared dividends for the year to 6.0p, with payment scheduled for 30 January 2026 to shareholders on record as of 16 January 2026.
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      <title>Trading update</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group PLC anticipates challenging trading conditions, with like-for-like sales down approximately 11% in the four months leading up to Christmas 2025 compared to the prior year. While the first half of the 2026 financial year will see lower sales, the second half is projected to improve, resulting in full-year revenue in line with the previous year. Despite flat turnover, Group profits before tax and highlighted items are expected to more than double due to product mix and portfoli</description>
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      <title>Holding(s) in Company</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Henry Spain Investment Services has increased its holding in The Character Group PLC, crossing a notification threshold on January 9, 2026. The firm now holds 27.061091% of the voting rights, representing 4,778,136 shares, up from a previous notification of 26.096934%. This acquisition of voting rights was reported to the issuer on January 12, 2026.
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      <title>Annual Results - financial year end 31 August 2025</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group PLC reported a challenging year ended August 31, 2025, with revenue falling to £100.5 million from £123.4 million in the prior year, primarily due to US tariffs impacting sales. Operating profit before highlighted items decreased to £1.1 million from £6.5 million, and the company posted a statutory loss before tax of £1.8 million compared to a profit of £5.7 million. Despite these headwinds, the company maintained a strong net cash position of £12.6 million and proposed a div</description>
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      <title>Trading Update &amp; NED Appointment</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Character Group PLC announced that while full year revenue decreased by approximately 20% compared to the previous year due to customer commitment reductions, the Board anticipates an audited adjusted profit before tax of at least £1.0 million for the financial year ending August 31, 2025. Looking forward to Christmas 2025, the company reported positive indications with strong sales and successful previews of new catalogue additions at the Los Angeles Toy Fair. Additionally, Kevin Wall has b</description>
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      <title>HSBC HOLDINGS PLC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS TENDER OFFERS FOR FOUR SERIES OF NOTES</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>HSBC Holdings plc (the &apos;Company&apos;, &apos;we&apos; or &apos;us&apos;) today announces the results of its previously announced four separate offers to purchase for cash any and all of the outstanding series of notes listed in the table below. We refer to the outstanding notes listed in the table below collectively as the &apos;Notes&apos; and separately as a &apos;series&apos; of Notes. We refer to each offer to purchase a series of Notes as an &apos;Offer&apos;, and collectively as the &apos;Offers&apos;.</description>
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      <title>Transaction in Own Shares &amp; Total voting rights</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Character Group plc (Character) announced the purchase of 9,000 of its own ordinary shares (£0.05 each) on August 19, 2025, as part of its share buyback program.  The shares were purchased from Panmure Liberum Limited at a price of 318 GB pence per share. Following this purchase, Character holds 1,983,059 treasury shares and has 18,045,899 shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  The total voting rights in the company are therefore 18,045,899.  All transactions occurred on the AIMX venue.

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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Share option grants</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Share option grants.</description>
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      <title>Extension of &amp; increase to Share Buyback Programme</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Extension of &amp; increase to Share Buyback Programme.</description>
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      <title>Transaction in Own Shares &amp;Total Voting Rights</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Transaction in Own Shares &amp;Total Voting Rights.</description>
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      <title>Dividend Timetable Correction</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Dividend Timetable Correction.</description>
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      <title>Half-year Financial Report - six months to 28.2.25</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Half-year Financial Report - six months to 28.2.25.</description>
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      <title>Trading Update</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Trading Update.</description>
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      <title>Transaction in Own Shares</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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