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Total Voting Rights
Posted in: As at the date of this announcement the Company had 32,971,713 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.
Publication of Notice convening a General Meeting
Posted in: Games Workshop announces that it has today published a circular and notice convening a General Meeting seeking shareholder approval of a revised directors’ remuneration policy and a new share awards plan (the "Notice").
The Notice contains further details on the background to, and the reasons for, the proposals within the Notice. The Notice convenes a General Meeting of the Company to be held at Willow Road, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2WS on 15 May 2025 at 4pm. A summary of the resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting is set out below.
Resolution 1 concerns the adoption of the proposed new directors' remuneration policy (the “Policy”). Resolution 2 concerns the proposed Games Workshop Group PLC 2025 Share Awards Plan (the "Plan"). The resolutions will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and seek shareholder approval of the Policy and the Plan.
Games Workshop shareholders will shortly receive a copy of the Notice. Games Workshop shareholders who have elected to receive electronic communications from the Company will shortly receive a notification of availability of the Notice on the Company's website investor.games-workshop.com.
In addition, the Notice will be available for inspection during normal business hours on any business day at Willow Road, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2WS. Copies of the Notice, the accompanying Form of Proxy and the full draft rules of the Plan have also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Total Voting Rights
Posted in: As at the date of this announcement the Company had 32,971,583 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.
Director Shareholding
Posted in: On 22 March 2025, Kevin Rountree, Chief Executive Officer of Games Workshop, entered into an irrevocable undertaking to automatically reinvest the full amount of every dividend received by him to purchase fully paid up ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) in the Company under the Company's dividend reinvestment plan, during the period beginning on the date of the irrevocable undertaking, and ending on the earlier of:
(i) 12 months from the date of the undertaking; or
(ii) any date on which Kevin Rountree’s employment with the Company ceases.
All future purchases of Ordinary Shares made by Kevin Rountree pursuant to this undertaking shall be announced accordingly.
In addition, on 22 March 2025, Mark Lam, Non-Executive Chair of Games Workshop, entered into an irrevocable undertaking to automatically reinvest the full amount of every dividend received by him to purchase fully paid up Ordinary Shares in the Company under the Company's dividend reinvestment plan, during the period beginning on the date of the irrevocable undertaking, and ending on the earlier of:
(i) 12 months from the date of the undertaking; or
(ii) any date on which Mark Lam’s appointment as a director of the Company ceases.
All future purchases of Ordinary Shares made by Mark Lam pursuant to this undertaking shall be announced accordingly.
Dividend
Posted in: The Board has today declared a dividend of £1.00 per share taking dividends declared so far in 2024/25 to £5.20 per share (2023/24: £4.20 per share). This is in line with the Company's policy to distribute truly surplus cash. This will be paid on 7 May 2025 for shareholders on the register on 28 March 2025, with an ex-dividend date of 27 March 2025. The last date for elections for the dividend re-investment plan is 11 April 2025.
The dividend reinvestment plan is provided by Equiniti Financial Services Limited. More information can be found at www.shareview.co.uk/info/drip
Holdings in Company
Posted in: Games Workshop has received a notification of a change in a major shareholding. This can be downloaded as a pdf here.
Trading Update
Posted in: Games Workshop Group PLC announces that trading in January and February has been ahead of expectations, with strong trading across both the core business and licensing. As a result, the Group’s profit before tax for the 12 months to 1 June 2025 is estimated to be ahead of expectations.
Director Shareholding
Posted in: Games Workshop has released a director share dealing notification. This can be downloaded as a pdf.
Total Voting Rights
Posted in: As at the date of this announcement the Company had 32,971,470 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.