BWA Group Plc - Holdings in the Company and Purchase of Shares by Directors
PR Newswire
LONDON, United Kingdom, January 16
16 January 2026
BWA Group PLC
(" BWA", or the " Company")
Holdings in the Company and
Purchase of Shares by Directors
BWA [AQSE:BWAP], the mining investment company with licences in Cameroon and Canada, announce that following an off-market sale of BWA ordinary shares of 0.5p each (" Ordinary Shares"), St. Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (" St. Georges") no longer holds a disclosable interest in the Company (the " Transaction"). St. Georges' Ordinary Shares were made available and were marketed to multiple parties and acquirers including the Company's directors, whose purchases are detailed below. An updated table of the holdings of Directors and Significant Shareholders (to the best of the Company's knowledge) is as follows:
Name | Previous Holding | Transaction Purchases | New Holding | % of Issued Shares |
Directors | ||||
Jonathan Wearing 1 | 275,280,082 | 9,702,446 | 284,982,528 | 29.37% |
James Butterfield | 63,647,231 | 21,503,648 | 85,150,879 | 8.78% |
Peter Taylor | 2,228,834 | 51,608,752 | 53,837,586 | 5.55% |
John Byfield | 5,640,000 | 5,640,000 | 0.58% | |
Significant Shareholders |
| |||
Mr D M Cass | 134,893,960 | 134,893,960 | 13.90% | |
Richard Battersby 2 | 100,396,140 | 100,396,140 | 10.35% | |
G & O Energy Investments Limited | 57,000,000 | 57,000,000 | 5.87% | |
Alex Borrelli | 35,438,469 | 35,438,469 | 3.65% | |
David Butler | 34,164,994 | 34,164,994 | 3.52% | |
Gudmundur Svavarsson | 32,049,000 | 32,049,000 | 3.30% |
- Mr Wearing's holding includes Tricastle Investments Limited, a company he controls.
- Mr Battersby's holding include shares held by The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited and CGWM Nominees Limited as nominees for Bath Group Limited and Second Neric Limited, both of which companies he controls.
For further information on the Company, please visit www.bwagroupplc.com/index.htmlor:
BWA Group PLC James Butterfield Managing Director | +44 (0) 7770 225 253 enquiries@bwagroupplc.com |
Allenby Capital Limited Corporate Adviser | +44 (0) 20 3328 5656 Nick Harriss/Nick Naylor |
Oberon Capital Broker | +44 (0) 20 3179 5300 Nick Lovering/Adam Pollock |
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
Name | James Butterfield |
Reason for notification | PDMR (Managing Director) |
| Initial |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction | BWA Group Plc |
LEI | 213800XG3K7PTAAG8630 |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.5p each |
Identification code | ISIN: GB0033877555 |
Nature of the transaction | Purchase Ordinary Shares |
Price(s) and | 21,503,648
|
Aggregated information | N/A |
Date of the transaction | 15/1/2026 |
Place of the transaction | Off Market |
Name | Peter Taylor |
Reason for notification | PDMR (NED) |
| Initial |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction | BWA Group Plc |
LEI | 213800XG3K7PTAAG8630 |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.5p each |
Identification code | ISIN: GB0033877555 |
Nature of the transaction | Purchase Ordinary Shares |
Price(s) and | 51,608,752
|
Aggregated information | N/A |
Date of the transaction | 15/1/2026 |
Place of the transaction | Off Market |
Name | Jonathan Wearing |
Reason for notification | PDMR (Chairman) |
| Initial |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction | BWA Group Plc |
LEI | 213800XG3K7PTAAG8630 |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 0.5p each |
Identification code | ISIN: GB0033877555 |
Nature of the transaction | Purchase Ordinary Shares |
Price(s) and | 9,702,446
|
Aggregated information | N/A |
Date of the transaction | 15/1/2026 |
Place of the transaction | Off Market |



