Director/PDMR Shareholding

TheWorks.co.uk PLC

10 October 2023

 

TheWorks.co.uk plc

(the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

TheWorks.co.uk plc, the multi-channel value retailer of arts, crafts, toys, books and stationery, today announces that on 9 October 2023, the Company granted awards over ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company under the TheWorks.co.uk 2018 Long Term Incentive Plan ("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	1,216,687
Rosie Fordham	Chief Financial Officer (Designate)	LTIP Award - nil cost option	450,000

The vesting of the LTIP Award is subject to the achievement of performance conditions based on (1) earnings assessed following the end of a three year performance period ending with the 2025/2026 financial year and (2) share price performance. The earnings measure and the share price measure will have an equal weighting. The share price performance measure is set out below:

Measure	Weighting	Threshold (20% vesting)	Maximum (100% vesting)
Share Price2	50%	£0.50	£1.00

²Average share price over the period of four weeks beginning with the announcement by the company of its Full Year Trading Update for its 2025/2026 financial year.

The earnings measure will be finalised once the Remuneration Committee has finished its review of the implications for LTIP awards of the prior year adjustments (described in the company's 2023 Annual Report and Accounts).

The whole LTIP Award is 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 and whether any value in the LTIP Award at assessment of the performance condition represents a "windfall gain".

The LTIP Award will vest following the assessment of the performance conditions (to the extent that the conditions have been satisfied) and, in accordance with the Company's Remuneration Policy, 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  1,216,687
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	2023-10-09
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 (Designate)
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  450,000
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	2023-10-09
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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