Director/PDMR Shareholding

Watkin Jones

20/01/2026 07:00

RNS Number : 4789P

Watkin Jones plc

20 January 2026

 

For immediate release                                                                                                                                  20 January 2026

 

Watkin Jones plc

('Watkin Jones' or the 'Company')

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

Watkin Jones plc (AIM:WJG) announces that on 16 January 2026 the following nominal-cost share awards over ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company were granted under the Watkin Jones Deferred Share Bonus Plan to the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("Awards"):

 

PDMR
Position
Number of shares granted under the Awards
Alex Pease
Chief Executive Officer
381,969
Simon Jones
Chief Financial Officer
314,563

 

The Awards have a nominal exercise price of one penny per share and normally become exercisable from the second anniversary of the date of grant, subject to continued employment. The exercise price may be waived by the Company prior to vesting or arrangements made to neutralise the impact of the exercise price for participants.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:

 

1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Alex Pease
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
Watkin Jones plc
b)
LEI
2138009X19O21NU5SG79
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, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD6RF223
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of Award under the Watkin Jones Deferred Share Bonus Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Nil
381,969
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Not applicable
e)
Date of the transaction
16 January 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside of a trading venue

 

1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Simon Jones
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Financial Officer
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Watkin Jones plc
b)
LEI
2138009X19O21NU5SG79
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, type of instrument
Identification code
Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD6RF223
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of Award under the Watkin Jones Deferred Share Bonus Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Nil
314,563
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
Not applicable
e)
Date of the transaction
16 January 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside of a trading venue

  

- Ends -

 

For further information:

Watkin Jones plc
Adam McGhin, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3617 4453
www.watkinjonesplc.com
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Mike Bell / Ed Allsopp
www.peelhunt.com
Singer Capital Markets (Joint Corporate Broker)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
Sara Hale / Graham Hertrich / James Todd
www.singercm.com


Media enquiries:

 

MHP (Financial PR)
Reg Hoare / Rachel Farrington / Catherine Chapman
Tel: +44 (0) 7711 191518
watkinjones@mhpgroup.com

 

Notes to Editors

Watkin Jones is the UK's leading developer and manager of residential for rent, with a focus on the build to rent, student accommodation and affordable housing sectors. The Group has strong relationships with institutional investors, and a reputation for successful, on-time-delivery of high-quality developments. Since 1999, Watkin Jones has delivered over 51,000 student beds across 150 sites, making it a key player and leader in the UK purpose-built student accommodation market, and is increasingly expanding its operations into the build to rent sector, where it has delivered 3,400 apartments across 19 schemes to date. In addition, Fresh, the Group's specialist accommodation management business, manages c.21,000 student beds and build to rent apartments on behalf of its institutional clients. Watkin Jones has also been responsible for over 80 residential developments, ranging from starter homes to executive housing and apartments.

The Group's competitive advantage lies in its experienced management team and capital-light business model, which enables it to offer an end-to-end solution for investors, delivered entirely in-house with minimal reliance on third parties, across the entire life cycle of an asset.

 Watkin Jones was admitted to trading on AIM in March 2016 with the ticker WJG.L. For additional information please visit www.watkinjonesplc.com.

 

 

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