22/06/2023
WH Ireland Group Plc
("WH Ireland" or the "Company")
ESOT Purchases
The Directors have today received notice that on 20 June 2023 the Company's Employee Share Option Trust ("ESOT"), the trustee for which is Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited ("Sanne"), acquired 40,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company (the "ESOT Purchase Shares") at a price of 23.1p per share. Sanne can acquire up to 50,000 Ordinary Shares each month pursuant to the terms of the ESOT Purchase Plan, the details of which are set out in the announcement of 18 May 2021. A monthly share purchase plan is currently in place.
The total number of shares now held by Sanne, as trustee of the ESOT is 3,117,418 Ordinary Shares representing 4.78% of the total issued share capital of the Company ("ESOT Shares").
It is the intention that the ESOT Shares will be used to satisfy the awards of share options granted to employees of the Company (or for such other purposes as may be required of the Trust from time to time).
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 | Acquisition of existing shares | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
40,000 23.1p | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 20 June 2023 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||
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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