REG - Watkin Jones plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding

Watkin JonesAnnouncement

20/01/2026 07:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260120:nRST4789Pa&default-theme=true

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  Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each

      Identification code

                                                                   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                                       Not applicable

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price
 e)   Date of the transaction                                      16 January 2026
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside of a trading venue

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  Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each

      Identification code

                                                                   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                                       Not applicable

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price
 e)   Date of the transaction                                      16 January 2026
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside of a trading venue

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
                                                                  (https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r06/___http:/www.watkinjonesplc.com___.ZXV3MjpuZXh0MTU6YzpvOjc2MzNiZTgxZTRlZDU3NjdlOTdiMmZmNWY0NWM4OWMzOjc6MGJlYTo5YTM2NjU2NmYyOTE1MmEwYmNiY2Q1MjQxYzIxMDA5OTg2ZGU3ZDdiZWRmOGQ4ODhjODk3MDEyZDMzYjc1NDg4OnA6RjpU)

 Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker)       Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
 Mike Bell / Ed Allsopp                                           www.peelhunt.com
                                                                  (https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r06/___http:/www.peelhunt.com/___.ZXV3MjpuZXh0MTU6YzpvOmI4NWVhODUwNGZlNTQyZGQxNDljZDJjMGI5MDkwYTk5Ojc6Njk3Mjo1MGU1NDY5YzllYTlmMDdjYmVjNzc2MjFiYjIwMTY2OGY3NmRlMjc5M2E1NzM0OTJkZWI5M2QwZDBmNjZkMGY5OnA6RjpU)

 Singer Capital Markets (Joint Corporate Broker)                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
 Sara Hale / Graham Hertrich / James Todd                         www.singercm.com
                                                                  (https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r06/___http:/www.singercm.com___.ZXV3MjpuZXh0MTU6YzpvOmI4NWVhODUwNGZlNTQyZGQxNDljZDJjMGI5MDkwYTk5Ojc6MWE4ZTplZTMyYmQ2MjVlN2Y4NmRmNjRmYzRhNDVhNmY4NWFjYmRkNjgzMzZmZDkzMjFlODIxOGE1ZmY3NzJkNjViMjRjOnA6RjpU)

Media enquiries:

 

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

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  DSHAKCBQQBKDDDD



            Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reserved