Director/PDMR Shareholding

TheWorks PLC

06 October 2026

 

TheWorks plc

("The Works", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Works, the UK's leading specialist retailer of affordable, screen-free activities for the whole family, today announces that on 1 October 2026, the Company granted awards over ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company under its 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan (each an "LTIP Award") as follows:

Name of individual	Position / status	Type of award	Number of shares subject to LTIP Award
Gavin Peck	Chief Executive Officer	LTIP Award - nil cost option	610,044
Rosie Fordham	Chief Financial Officer	LTIP Award - nil cost option	275,768

The awards are subject to stretching and equally weighted earnings and share price performance conditions, in line with previous awards.

The awards are subject to an underpin condition in accordance with which the Remuneration Committee may adjust the formulaic vesting outturn having regard to the overall financial performance of the Group over the performance period ending FY29 and whether any value in the awards at assessment of the performance condition represents a “windfall gain”.

The awards will vest following the assessment of the performance conditions (to the extent that the conditions have been satisfied) and then be subject to a further two-year holding period.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail:

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Gavin Peck
2.	Reason for notification
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	Grant of nil-cost options over ordinary shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil cost award 610,044
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A – single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	1 October 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Rosie Fordham
2.	Reason for notification
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	Grant of nil-cost options over ordinary shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil cost award 275,768
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A – single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	1 October 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Enquiries: TheWorks.co.uk plc Gavin Peck, CEO Rosie Fordham, CFO	via Hudson Sandler
Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Broker) Peter Steel Sara Hale	020 7496 3000
Hudson Sandler (Financial PR) Alex Brennan Lucy Wollam	020 7796 4133 [e-mail]

 

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