Games Workshop Group PLC Agreement to develop films and television series (1069X)
December 18 2023 - 2:00AM
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Games Workshop Group PLC
18 December 2023
18 December 2023
Games Workshop Group PLC
("Games Workshop" or the "Company")
Agreement to develop films and television series
Further to its announcement on 16 December 2022, Games Workshop
is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with
Amazon Content Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.,
("Amazon") for the prospective development by Amazon of Games
Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe into films and television
series, together with associated merchandising rights.
Under the terms of the agreement, Games Workshop has granted
exclusive rights to Amazon in relation to films and television
series set within the Warhammer 40,000 universe, together with an
option for Amazon to license equivalent rights in the Warhammer
Fantasy universe following the release of the initial Warhammer
40,000 production.
Games Workshop and Amazon will work together for a period of 12
months to agree creative guidelines for the films and television
series to be developed by Amazon. The agreement will only proceed
once the creative guidelines are mutually agreed between Games
Workshop and Amazon.
A further announcement will be made in due course.
The Company makes no change to its forecast for the 53 week
period ending 2 June 2024.
For further information, please contact:
Games Workshop Group PLC
Kevin Rountree, CEO investorrelations@gwplc.com
Rachel Tongue, CFO
Investor relations website http://investor.games-workshop.com
General website www.warhammer.com
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 (including as it
forms part of the laws of England and Wales by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"). Upon the publication
of this announcement, such information will no longer constitute
inside information. Ross Matthews, the Company's General Counsel
and Company Secretary, is the person responsible for making the
notification for the purposes of Article 17 of MAR.
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with respect to certain of the Company's current expectations and
projections about future events including regarding the Company and
its subsidiaries' (together the "Group") operations, performance
and financial position. These statements reflect the directors'
beliefs and expectations and involve a number of risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which may occur in the
future, are beyond the Group's control and could cause actual
results, performance or achievements of the Group to differ
materially from any expected future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statement(s).
The Group's principal risks were described in the Company's 2023
Annual Report which can be viewed
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in light of such risks, uncertainties
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undue reliance on these forward-looking
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achievement. The information contained in this announcement is
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