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Grant of award under the Games Workshop Group PLC 2025 Share Awards Plan
Posted in: Games Workshop, the maker of Warhammer, announces that a restricted share award structured as an option with an option price of 5 pence per share (being the nominal value of an ordinary share in the capital of the company (‘Ordinary Share(s)’)) in respect of 14,178 Ordinary Shares was granted to Kevin Rountree, Chief Executive Officer of Games Workshop, on 23 May 2025, under and subject to the rules of the Games Workshop Group PLC 2025 Share Awards Plan (‘Plan’).
The number of shares under the award was set by reference to the Company’s closing middle-market quotation of such shares (derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List) on the 15 May 2025 (being the date on which the Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders) of 15,340 pence.
The normal vesting date for this award is 31 December 2027.
Enquiries:
Ross Matthews, Company Secretary
1.
Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
a)
Name
Kevin Rountree
2.
Reason for the 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
Games Workshop Group PLC
b)
LEI
213800RP9QJQYGWHNT41
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
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of Games Workshop Group PLC
ISIN GB0003718474
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of share options under the Games Workshop Group PLC 2025 Share Awards Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) £0.05 per Ordinary Share
Volume(s) 14,178
d)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
Not applicable
e)
Date of the transaction
23 May 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
Total Voting Rights
Posted in: As at the date of this announcement the Company had 32,971,750 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.
Dividend
Posted in: The Board has declared a dividend of 85 pence per share taking dividends declared so far in 2025/26 to 85 pence per share (2024/25: nil). This is in line with the Company’s dividend policy. This will be paid on 15 August 2025 for shareholders on the register on 11 July 2025, with an ex-dividend date of 10 July 2025. The last date for elections for the dividend re-investment plan is 25 July 2025.
The dividend re-investment plan is provided by Equiniti Financial Services Limited. More information can be found at www.shareview.co.uk/info/drip
Directorate Change
Posted in: Games Workshop, the maker of Warhammer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Tomlinson to the Board as Group Operations Director with immediate effect.
Neil Tomlinson joined Games Workshop in February 2018 as Head of Merchandise Planning. He has since held various management roles across the Group, including most recently as the Operational Manufacturing and Supply Chain Director. Prior to Games Workshop, Neil held management positions at J Sainsbury's and ASDA Walmart.
There are no further disclosures required in respect of this appointment under LR.9.6.13.
Total Voting Rights
Posted in: As at the date of this announcement the Company had 32,971,750 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.
Full Year Trading Update
Posted in: Games Workshop, the maker of Warhammer, is pleased to announce that for the 52 weeks ending 1 June 2025, we estimate the Group’s core revenue to be not less than £560 million (2023/24: £494.7 million) and licensing revenue of c.£50 million (2023/24: £31.0 million). Core operating profit is estimated at not less than £210 million (2023/24: £174.8 million) and licensing operating profit of c.£45 million (2023/24: £27.0 million). The Group’s profit before taxation (“PBT”) is estimated to be not less than £255 million (2023/24: £203.0 million).
Licensing revenue in the period is at a record level and we are not expecting this to be repeated in 2025/26. Licensing remains a significant area of focus.
As in the prior year, in recognition of our staff’s contribution to these results, and included in arriving at the PBT estimate above, we will have paid during the year Group Profit Share cash payments amounting to c.£20 million (2023/24: £18 million). These are paid in cash on an equal basis to each member of staff. Dividends declared and paid in the year were £171.4 million, 520p per share (2023/24: £138.3 million, 420p per share).
We intend to publish our 2025 Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 1 June 2025 on the 29th July 2025.
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.
General Meeting Voting Results
Posted in: At the General Meeting held today, both resolutions, as set out in the notice of meeting, were duly passed by the shareholders. Details of the proxy votes received in respect of each resolution are detailed here.
The Board welcomes the majority support from shareholders in passing these resolutions and takes the outcome of shareholder votes very seriously, noting the more than 20% who voted against. As previously announced, since the AGM in September 2024, the Remuneration Committee has carried out a comprehensive consultation exercise with the Company’s major shareholders (who, in aggregate, hold over 56% of the Ordinary Shares in issue) via a series of meetings to understand their views on the Company’s remuneration practices and policy. Given this recent comprehensive exercise, which resulted in the passing of the resolutions today, the Company is not proposing to undertake such an extensive consultation in respect of the outcome of this recent vote, but the Company will continue to engage and have dialogue with shareholders in respect of the Company’s remuneration practices going forward.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business of the meeting will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Director Shareholdings
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 32,971,713 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.