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RNS Number : 4746A  TheWorks.co.uk PLC  15 April 2026

15 April 2026

TheWorks.co.uk plc

 

Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
("PMDRs")

 

The Works, the UK's leading specialist retailer of affordable, screen-free
activities for the whole family, announces the acquisition of ordinary shares
of 1 pence each in the Company by the Directors/PDMRs, as set out in the
table below, following the exercise of options received in 2022 pursuant to
the Company's save as you earn scheme ("SAYE").

 

The SAYE is an all-employee scheme approved by HM Revenue and Customs. The
SAYE exercise price for the options granted in 2022 was £0.29 per share, and
the options became exercisable at the end of the three-year saving plan, on 1
December 2025.

 

 

 Director/PDMR  Position                 Number of shares acquired  Shareholding following acquisition
 Gavin Peck     Chief Executive Officer  31,034                     585,670
 Rosie Fordham  Chief Financial Officer  31,034                     55,725

 

The exercise of the SAYE options has been satisfied by the transfer of shares
from the Company's Employee Benefit Trust.

 

The notifications below, made in accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market
Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

 

 Enquiries:

 TheWorks.co.uk plc                         via Sanctuary Counsel

 Gavin Peck, CEO

 Rosie Fordham, CFO

 Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Broker)  020 7496 3000

 Peter Steel

 Jalini Kalaravy

 Sanctuary Counsel                          0207 340 0395

 Rachel Miller                              theworks@sanctuarycounsel.com

 Hannah Butler

 Yasmine Flower

 

 

 

 

 

 1.  Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 a)  Name                                     Gavin Peck
 2.  Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 a)  Position / status                        Chief Executive Officer
 b)  Initial notification / amendment         Initial notification
 3.  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                                     TheWorks.co.uk plc
 b)  LEI                                                                      894500W7PWBCCWBN9R03
 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
 a)  Description of the financial instrument  Ordinary shares of £0.01 each

                                              ISIN: GB00BF5HBF20
 b)  Nature of the transaction                Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                              £0.29     31,034

 d)  Aggregated information

                                              N/A - Single transaction

     Aggregated volume

     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                  14 April 2026

 f)  Place of the transaction                 Outside a trading venue

d)

Aggregated information

 

Aggregated volume

 

Price

 

N/A - Single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

14 April 2026

 

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 1.  Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 a)  Name                                     Rosie Fordham
 2.  Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
 a)  Position / status                        Chief Financial Officer
 b)  Initial notification / amendment         Initial notification
 3.  Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
     platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)  Name                                                                     TheWorks.co.uk plc
 b)  LEI                                                                      894500W7PWBCCWBN9R03
 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
 a)  Description of the financial instrument  Ordinary shares of £0.01 each

                                              ISIN: GB00BF5HBF20
 b)  Nature of the transaction                Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)  Volume(s)
                                              £0.29     31,034

 d)  Aggregated information

                                              N/A - Single transaction

     Aggregated volume

     Price
 e)  Date of the transaction                  14 April 2026

 f)  Place of the transaction                 Outside a trading venue

d)

Aggregated information

 

Aggregated volume

 

Price

 

N/A - Single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

14 April 2026

 

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

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