Purchase of Shares for the Employee Benefit Trust

01 April 2022

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)
11 March 2022	XLON	26,900	334.2535
14 March 2022	XLON	15,500	339.529
15 March 2022	XLON	35,000	336.931
16 March 2022	XLON	200	348.000
17 March 2022	XLON	5,000	350.000
21 March 2022	XLON	11,000	361.852
22 March 2022	XLON	20,150	362.426
23 March 2022	XLON	89,271	362.695
24 March 2022	XLON	11,000	367.400
25 March 2022	XLON	11,500	374.043
28 March 2022	XLON	2,000	375.00
30 March 2022	XLON	22,479	380.666

The average price of the purchases was 356.7101 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 665,812 Ordinary Shares which represents 0.53% 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 19,600-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the country, utilising 3,500 vehicles. 

For further information please contact:

Wincanton plc  Tel: [phone]

Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary

[e-mail]

Headland  Tel: [phone]

Susanna Voyle/ Henry Wallers

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