| For Immediate Release |
10 February 2017 |
Wincanton plc
('Wincanton' or
the 'Company)
Transaction in own
shares
Wincanton plc, a leading provider of supply chain solutions in
the UK and Ireland, announces that
it has purchased 30,000 shares of 10
pence each in the Company on 10
February 2017 at a price of 2.55
pence per share.
All of these shares have been gifted to the Wincanton plc
Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") for the purpose of satisfying future
exercises of share option awards under the Company's employee share
incentive schemes, pursuant to the authorisation granted to the
Company by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on
21 July 2016 and a subsequent
announcement made on 3 February
2017.
The Executive Directors and PDMRs of the Company are included in
the potential beneficiaries of the EBT and are deemed to have
interest in some of those shares and the dealings thereof.
Following this transaction, the EBT will hold 404,098 ordinary
shares of 10 pence in the
Company.
Notifications will be made when any share purchases have been
made in accordance with Listing Rules.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this
announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in
the public domain.
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Wincanton plc
Tim Lawlor, Chief Financial Officer
01249 710 000
Buchanan
Richard Oldworth, Vicky Haydn, Jane
Glover 020 7466 5000