RNS Number : 6938U
TheWorks.co.uk PLC
02 July 2024
 

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

 

 

 

via Sanctuary Counsel

Singer Capital Markets (Nomad and Broker)

Peter Steel

Alaina Wong

Jalini Kalaravy

 

 

020 7496 3000

Sanctuary Counsel

Ben Ullmann

Rachel Miller

Kitty Rider

 

0207 340 0395

theworks@sanctuarycounsel.com

 

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.

 

(c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

Price (pence)

Quantity

24.50

7,500

24.00

10,000

24.50

7,500

24.00

           25,000

24.50

50,000

(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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