19
April 2024
LEI
213800Z5WTW8QKOHWQ82
WINCANTON
PLC
("Wincanton" or the
"Company")
Block
Listing Application
An application has been made to the
Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the London Stock Exchange
("LSE") for 1,437,048
ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company (the "Shares") to be admitted to the Official
List of the FCA and admitted to trading on the premium segment of
the LSE's main market for listed securities (the "Admission").
The Shares will be issued pursuant
to the vesting and exercise of awards for nil consideration under
the Wincanton plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan, Wincanton plc Long
Term Incentive Plan 2018, Wincanton plc Long Term Incentive Plan
2020 and Wincanton plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2023, in each case,
conditional on the sanction by the High Court of Justice in England
and Wales (the "Court") of
the proposed scheme of arrangement to be made between the Company
and its shareholders under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006
pursuant to which GXO Logistics, Inc. will acquire the entire
issued, and to be issued, share capital of the Company (the
"Scheme"). As previously
announced by the Company, the sanction of the Scheme is expected to
be obtained on 25 April 2024 following a hearing before the
Court.
When issued, the Shares will
rank pari
passu with the Company's existing issued shares. It is
expected that the Admission will become effective on 23 April 2024.
Following the Admission, the Company's issued share capital will
comprise 125,980,718 ordinary shares of 10 pence each. This figure
may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations
by which they determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or any change in their interest in the Company, under
the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
This notification is provided in
accordance with paragraph 3.5.5R of the FCA's Listing Rules and
paragraph 5.6.1A of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.
For
further information please contact:
Wincanton
plc
Tel: +44 1249 710 000
Lyn Colloff, Company
Secretary
Company.secretary@wincanton.co.uk
Headland
Tel: +44 20 3805 4822
Susanna Voyle/ Henry
Wallers
E: wincanton@headlandconsultancy.com
A copy of this announcement and the
documents required to be published pursuant to Rule 26 of the
Takeover Code will be available free of charge, subject to certain
restrictions relating to persons resident in restricted
jurisdictions, on Wincanton's website at https://www.wincanton.co.uk/investors/.The
content of the website referred to in this announcement is not
incorporated into and does not form part of this
announcement.