22nd Aug 2024 13:09
For immediate release | 22 August 2024 |
Watkin Jones plc
('Watkin Jones' or the 'Company')
Director Shareholding
Watkin Jones plc (AIM: WJG) announces that it has been informed that on 22 August 2024, Alan Giddins, Non-Executive Chair, bought 157,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 32.5 pence per share.
Subsequent to this purchase of shares, Alan Giddins holds 880,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.34% of the Company's issued share capital.
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 | Alan Giddins
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2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director and Chair
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| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Watkin Jones plc
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b) | LEI | 2138009X19O21NU5SG79
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| 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 | |||||
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| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD6RF223 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares of 1 penny each | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Volume: 157,000 Price: 32.5p
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e) | Date of the transaction | 22 August 2024 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
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Watkin Jones plc |
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Alex Pease, Chief Executive Officer | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3617 4453 | |
Simon Jones, Chief Financial Officer | www.watkinjonesplc.com | |
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 | |
Mike Bell / Ed Allsopp | www.peelhunt.com | |
Jefferies Hoare Govett (Joint Corporate Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7029 8000 | |
James Umbers /Paul Bundred
| www.jefferies.com | |
Media enquiries:
Burson Buchanan |
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Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
www.buchanan.uk.com |
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