Games Workshop has released a director share dealing notification. This can be downloaded as a pdf. 

Games Workshop is pleased to announce that Mark Lam, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as Senior Independent Director of Games Workshop with immediate effect.

The role of Senior Independent Director had previously been held by John Brewis prior to his appointment as Chair of the Company on 1 January 2023.

Games Workshop has received a notification of a change in a major shareholding.  This can be downloaded as a pdf here.

Games Workshop is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Lam to the Board as Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Mark will also become a member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mark has many years of board experience in telecommunications and information technology. Mark was previously Chief Technology and Information Officer of Openreach and a senior executive at BT Group. He holds a number of public appointments in the UK and currently serves as Chair of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest hospital groups in Europe. Mark is also Vice Chair of Broadway Partners, a fibre broadband business.

There are no further disclosures required in respect of this appointment under LR.9.6.13.

In addition to the above, Games Workshop is pleased to announce that Kate Marsh, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, is appointed as Chair of the Remuneration Committee with immediate effect.

As at the date of this announcement the Company had 32,913,498 issued ordinary shares of 5 pence each admitted to trading. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the Company. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in Treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders and others with notification obligations as their denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Games Workshop has received a notification of a change in a major shareholding.  This can be downloaded as a pdf here.

Games Workshop has released a director share dealing notification. This can be downloaded as a pdf. 

In relation to the dividend declaration of earlier today, the ex-dividend date shall be 6 April 2023, and not 10 April 2023 as originally stated, given the Easter bank holidays.

Games Workshop Group PLC announces that trading in the three months to the end of February 2023 has been in line with expectations.

The Company also announces that the Board has today declared a dividend of £1.20 per share, in line with the Company’s policy of distributing truly surplus cash including the receipt of the remaining £12 million of VAT that was outstanding from the French tax authorities. Including this dividend, total dividends declared in the year so far are £4.15 per share (2021/22: £2.35 per share, as at March 2022). The dividend of £1.20 per share will be paid on 19 May 2023 for shareholders on the register on 11 April 2023, with an ex-dividend date of 10 April 2023. The last date for elections for the dividend re-investment plan is 26 April 2023.

The Company intends to issue a full year trading update for the 52 weeks ending 28 May 2023 in June 2023.

Today, Games Workshop released a block listing interim review.  This can be downloaded as a pdf here.