WH Ireland Group Plc
("WH Ireland" or the "Company")
ESOT Trading
On 4 October 2022 the Company's Employee Share Option Trust ("ESOT"), the trustee for which is Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited ("Sanne"), satisfied the exercise of certain employee share options and accordingly transferred 222,082 Ordinary Shares in the Company at nil cost to such holders. The options had been issued pursuant to the terms of the Company's EMI Share Option Scheme.
The total number of shares now held by Sanne, as trustee of the ESOT, is 2,767,418 Ordinary Shares representing 4.45% of the total issued share capital of the Company ("ESOT Shares").
The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
| 1 | Details of the PCA | |||||||
| a) | Name | Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited, as trustee for the WH Ireland Employee Share Option Trust | ||||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | PCA of the Directors (as a connected trust) | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| a) | Name | WH Ireland Group plc | ||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800HB9TO5O4WD6S66 | ||||||
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each
GB0009241885 | ||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Disposal of existing shares | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
222,082 Nil | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 4 November 2022 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||
For further information please contact:
| WH Ireland Group plc | |
| Phillip Wale, Chief Executive Officer | +44(0) 20 7220 1666 |
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited | |
| Emma Gabriel / Harry Rees | +44(0) 20 7523 8000 |
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| MHP Communications | |
| Reg Hoare | +44 (0) 20 3128 8793 |
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