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Games Workshop is the largest and the most successful tabletop fantasy and futuristic battle-games company in the world. Our major brands are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. In addition, we hold a global licence from New Line Cinema for a tabletop battle-game based on director Peter Jackson's BAFTA and Academy award winning film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.

Our business is about helping mighty armies to meet headlong on the field of battle. At our HQ in Nottingham, in the UK, we design, manufacture and retail the vast range of Citadel Miniatures plastic and metal soldiers and rulebooks, which are the foundation of an almost infinite hobby. The UK manufacturing operation in Nottingham is complemented by a production facility at our despatch warehouse in Memphis, TN, USA.

At the heart of the Hobby are the millions of gamers aged 12 upwards, who spend many of their waking hours collecting, creating, painting and building up the armies which they will go on to command on a carefully prepared table top battlefield.
Tabletop wargaming

It's all about two people facing each other across a battlefield, each attempting to move their models into position to fire upon their opponent's force or attack them in hand-to-hand combat. The victor is decided by a combination of skill and luck with the players rolling dice to determine whether an arrow hits or a foe is struck down.

The Company

Games Workshop is a publicly quoted company with direct sales operations in the UK, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Australia. With over 70% of sales coming from outside of the UK the Group is now truly international. GW remains a vertically integrated company, retaining control over every aspect of design, manufacture, distribution and retail of our models and rulebooks. Products are sold through our own chain of 340+ Hobby centres and by more than 3,700 independent toy and hobby shops around the world. These outlets are complemented by our growing mail order and online sales businesses.

Games Workshop declares dividend
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Games Workshop's board has declared a dividend of 24p per share. This will be paid on 16 April for shareholders on the register at 8 March.

At 9:56am: (LON:GAW) Games Workshop Group share price was 0p at 652.5p


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Interim Management Statement

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Games Workshop Group PLC

19 April 2013






Games Workshop Group PLC



INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

For the period 3 December 2012 to 7 April 2013





For immediate release 19 April 2013



Games Workshop Group PLC today issues the following interim management statement for the period 3 December 2012 to 7 April 2013.



In the four months to 7 April 2013 trading has been broadly in line with the board's expectations

Recovered well, just in profit.

Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 722.00. Over this period, the share price is up 26.67%

Share price forecast




The one analyst offering a 12 month price target expects the share price price of Games Workshop Group PLC to remain relatively unchanged over the next year.

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Ex dividend 29 May 2013 Games Workshop Group PLC (16 P)

Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 765.00. Over this period, the share price is up 34.68%.

Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 775.00. Over this period, the share price is up 34.50%.

Games Workshop Group PLC (GAW:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 791.50. Over this period, the share price is up 38.25%.

Finals Tues 30 July.

Final Results

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Games Workshop Group PLC

30 July 2013






PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT

GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP PLC



For immediate release 30 July 2013



PRELIMINARY RESULTS 2013



Games Workshop Group PLC ("Games Workshop" or the "Group") announces its preliminary results for the year ended 2 June 2013.



Highlights



· Revenue

- Revenue at £134.6m (2012: £131.0m)

- Revenue at constant currency* at £135.6m (2012: £131.0m)

· Profit

- Operating profit pre-royalties receivable at £20.2m (2012: £15.6m)

- Operating profit at £21.3m (2012: £19.1m)

- Profit before taxation at £21.4m (2012: £19.5m)



· Earnings per share of 51.5p (2012: 46.8p)

· Cash generated from operations of £31.9m (2012: £28.0m)

· Dividends per share declared in the year of 58p (2012: 63p)



Tom Kirby, chairman and acting CEO of Games Workshop, said:



"Games Workshop has had a mixed year. Sales were stronger in the first half than the second, but cost control and cash management have strengthened throughout the period. We finish the year with the most profit this company has generated since flotation and have returned £18.4 million to our owners."







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Games Workshop puts the (war) hammer down
By John Harrington July 30 2013, 3:25pm Royalty income was down from £3.5 million to £1.0 million but the company said it expected a significant decline.Royalty income was down from £3.5 million to £1.0 million but the company said it expected a significant decline.

Table-top miniatures gaming company Games Workshop (LON:GAW) had a record breaking year for profits, despite sales slowing in the second half.

Profit before tax was £21.4mln in the year to 2 June, a figure that dwarfed the previous year’s figure of £19.5mln.

The group’s fantasy and science fiction based miniature war games remain steadfastly popular and hobbit-forming, resulting in revenue advancing to £134.6mln from £131.0mln the previous year.

The balance sheet is also in good elf, with cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period standing at £13.93mln, versus £17.36mln a year earlier, despite the company returning £18.4mln to shareholders during the year.

The full year dividend was hacked to 56p from 63p in the prior year.

“Games Workshop has had a mixed year. Sales were stronger in the first half than the second, but cost control and cash management have strengthened throughout the period. We finish the year with the most profit this company has generated since flotation and have returned £18.4 million to our owners,” said Tom Kirby, chairman and acting chief executive officer.

“As for the future, our objective is simple: we will continue to make the best fantasy miniatures in the world and sell them globally at a profit. We intend to do this forever.

“The board believes the prospects for this business are good,” Kirby concluded.

House broker Peel Hunt said profits were slightly ahead of expectations, with a lower tax charge causing an 8% beat on the broker’s post-tax forecast.

“The company is coming towards the end of a major transformation programme and is looking increasingly well positioned. Return on capital is already mightily impressive and a stronger top line would deliver significant upside to our forecasts. The strong cash generation should ensure further attractive dividends,” Peel Hunt analyst Charles Hall said.

Hall has increased his target price from 750p to 820p. Shares currently trade at around 784p, down 0.8% on the day.

IC today -

Games Workshop is a well-run business that rewards its investors. Last year it returned £18.4m in the form of dividends, which generated a yield of 7.4 per cent. That said, the share price is up 84 per cent since our buy tip (423p, 27 Aug 2010), and 17 per cent in 2013. Trading on a forward PE ratio just shy of 16 is pretty high for a retailer, so we are cutting our recommendation to hold.

Half Yearly Report
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Down 25% today .

There was an amazing amount of selling in big trades [three each of 175,000 shares for example] on 15 January 2014, starting at 1228h. Those sales got a price of around 715p. On 16 January, when the company provided its formal half year report, the share price was much reduced [down about 20%], presumably because of the unusually large sales on the day before the half yearly report was made available.
This is either a remarkable coincidence or an example of something that is supposed to be to be illegal, isn't it?

Oh, and here is the Trades link showing the trades on 15 January...
http://www.moneyam.com/action/trades/processGetTrades

http://www.moneyam.com/action/trades/processGetTrades

Shares -Global fantasy miniatures maker to march ahead on improving sales and profits. At 520.8p, a forward PE of 11.4 undervalues Games high gross margins.