REG - Wincanton PLC - Purchase of shares for Employee Benefit Trust

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20/12/2021 09:00

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RNS Number : 1070W  Wincanton PLC  20 December 2021

20 December 2021

 

LEI: 213800Z5WTW8QKOHWQ82

 

 

WINCANTON plc

Purchase of shares for Employee Benefit Trust

 

Wincanton plc (the "Company" or the "Group") has been notified by the Trustee
of the Wincanton Employee Benefit Trust ('EBT') that the EBT has purchased a
total of 250,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company.

 

 Date              Exchange  Number of shares  Price per share (pence)
 14 December 2021  XLON       47,000           335.489
 15 December 2021  XLON      129,000           339.624
 16 December 2021  XLON       44,000           345.477
 17 December 2021  XLON       30,000           345.1679

 

The average price of the purchases was 340.542 pence per share.

The shares will be held in the EBT, which is a discretionary trust for the
benefit of the Group's employees. The shares will be used to satisfy the
exercise of share options by employees, including PDMRs of the Company.

Further to this purchase, the EBT holds a total of 565,291 Ordinary Shares
which represents 0.45% of the Company's issued share capital. The issued share
capital in the Company is 124,543,670.

 

 

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About Wincanton

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group
provides business critical services including storage, handling and
distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home
delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of
the UK's best known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods;
retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure;
building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage,
Wincanton's 20,000-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the
country, utilising 3,500 vehicles.

For further information please contact:

Wincanton
plc
Tel: +44 1249 710 000

 

Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary

Company.secretary@wincanton.co.uk (mailto:Company.secretary@wincanton.co.uk)
 

 

Headland
Tel: +44 20 3805 4822

Susanna Voyle/ Henry Wallers

E: wincanton@headlandconsultancy.com
(mailto:wincanton@headlandconsultancy.com)

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