Purchase of shares for Employee Benefit Trust

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
1 5 December 2021	XLON	1 29,000	3 39.624
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: [phone]

Lyn Colloff, Company Secretary

[e-mail]  

Headland  Tel: [phone]

Susanna Voyle/ Henry Wallers

E: [e-mail]  

 

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