Watkin Jones plc
28 August 2026
28 August 2026
Watkin Jones plc
('Watkin Jones' or the 'Company')
Director/ PDMR shareholdings
Watkin Jones (AIM:WJG) announces that it has been notified that Alan Giddins, Non-Executive Chair, has today purchased 177,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company at a price of 16.86 pence per share.
Following this purchase, Alan Giddins now holds 1,205,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.47% of the Company's issued share capital.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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Name |
Alan Giddins |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status |
Non-Executive 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
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Name |
Watkin Jones plc |
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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 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Acquisition of ordinary shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information -Aggregated volume -Price |
N/A - single transaction |
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Date of the transaction |
28 August 2026 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside of a trading venue |
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- Ends -
For further information:
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Watkin Jones plc |
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Alex Pease, Chief Executive Officer |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3617 4453 |
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Simon Jones, Chief Financial Officer |
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Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
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Mike Bell / Ed Allsopp |
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Singer Capital Markets (Joint Corporate Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000 |
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Sara Hale / Graham Hertrich / James Todd |
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Media enquiries:
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MHP (Financial PR) |
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Reg Hoare / Rachel Farrington / Catherine Chapman |
Tel: +44 (0) 7711 191518 |
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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