2 July 2024
TheWorks.co.uk plc
("The Works" or the "Company")
Director / PCA Dealing
The Works, the family-friendly value retailer of, arts, crafts, toys, books and stationery, today announces that it received notification on 1 July 2024 from Kelso Group Holdings Plc ("Kelso") that, on 27 and 28 June 2024, it purchased an aggregate of 100,000 ordinary shares in The Works at a volume weighted average price of 24.33p. Following the transaction Kelso has a beneficial interest in 3,845,000 ordinary shares of The Works representing 6.15% of the share capital.
John Goold and Mark Kirkland, Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors and PDMRs of The Works, are also directors of Kelso. As such, Kelso is deemed to be a 'Person Closely Associated' with John Goold and Mark Kirkland. John Goold and Mark Kirkland have no direct beneficial interest in The Works.
| Enquiries:
TheWorks.co.uk plc Gavin Peck, CEO Rosie Fordham, CFO
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via Sanctuary Counsel |
| Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Broker) Peter Steel Alaina Wong Jalini Kalaravy
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020 7496 3000 |
| Sanctuary Counsel Ben Ullmann Rachel Miller Kitty Rider |
0207 340 0395 |
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Name | Kelso Group Holdings Plc | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||||||||
| (a) | Position/status | PCA of John Goold and Mark Kirkland (PDMRs) | ||||||||||||
| (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, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of TheWorks.co.uk plc of 1p each
GB00BF5HBF20 | ||||||||||||
| (b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of ordinary shares.
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| (c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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| (d) | Aggregated Information, Aggregated volume, Prices | Aggregated volume: 100,000 ordinary shares Volume weighted average price: 24.33 pence | ||||||||||||
| (e) | Date of the transaction | 27 June 2024 | ||||||||||||
| (f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
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