Director/PDMR Shareholding

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 Gavin Peck, CEO Rosie Fordham, CFO	via Sanctuary Counsel
Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Broker) Peter Steel Jalini Kalaravy	020 7496 3000
Sanctuary Counsel Rachel Miller Hannah Butler Yasmine Flower	0207 340 0395 [e-mail]

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 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 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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