Virgin Wines UK PLC Director Dealing (7440N)

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RNS Number : 7440N

Virgin Wines UK PLC

25 January 2023

25 January 2023

Virgin Wines UK plc

Director Dealing

("Virgin Wines" or the "Company")

Virgin Wines announces that it has been notified that Helen Jones, Non-Executive Director of the Company, on 23 January 2023 purchased 5,000 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 55.00 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Helen Jones is beneficially interested in 5,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.009 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

 
       Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") 
  1. 
 a)    Name                    Helen Jones 
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       Reason for the notification 
  2. 
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 b)    Position                Non-Executive Director 
        / status 
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 c)    Initial notification    Initial notification 
        / amendment 
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       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3.    auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)    Name                    Virgin Wines UK plc 
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 b)    LEI                     213800WAVVOPS85N2205 
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       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) 
  4.    each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) 
        each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
        conducted 
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 a)    Description             Ordinary Shares of 1p each 
        of the financial 
        instrument 
        Identification          GB00BN33TR63 
        Code 
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 b)    Nature of               Purchase of Shares 
        the transaction 
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 c)    Price(s)                 Price(s)   Volume(s) 
        and volume(s)            55.00      5,000 
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 d)    Aggregated 
        information              n/a 
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 e)    Date of the             23 January 2023 
        transaction 
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 f)    Place of                London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) 
        the transaction 
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Enquiries:

 
 Virgin Wines UK plc                    Via Hudson Sandler 
  Jay Wright, CEO 
  Graeme Weir, CFO 
 
  Liberum Capital Limited 
  (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker) 
  Clayton Bush 
  Edward Thomas 
  John Fishley 
  Lucas Bamber 
 
  Hudson Sandler 
  (Public Relations) 
  Alex Brennan 
  Dan de Belder 
  Charlotte Cobb 
  Harry Griffiths 
 
                                          Tel: [phone] 
 
 
 
 
 
                                          [e-mail] 
                                          Tel: [phone] 
 

Notes to editors:

About Virgin Wines

Virgin Wines is one of the UK's largest direct-to-consumer online wine retailers. It is an award-winning business which has a reputation for supplying and curating high quality products, excellent levels of customer service and innovative ways of retailing.

The Company, which is headquartered in Norwich, UK, was established in 2000 by the Virgin Group and was subsequently acquired by Direct Wines in 2005 before being bought out by the Virgin Wines management team, led by CEO Jay Wright and CFO Graeme Weir, in 2013. It listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2021.

Virgin Wines has more than 500 wines, 250 spirits and 100 beers in its portfolio which it sells to an active customer base of 187,000 members. It has approximately 200 employees and more than 40 trusted winemaking partners and suppliers around the world.

The Company drives the majority of its revenue though its fast-growing WineBank subscription scheme, using a variety of marketing channels, as well as through its Wine Advisor team, Wine Plan channel and Pay As You Go service.

Along with its extensive range of award-winning products, Virgin Wines was delighted to be named Online Drinks Retailer of the Year for 2022 at this year's Drinks Retailing Awards, as well as receiving the bronze award for Contact Centre of the Year at the 2022 UK National Contact Centre Awards.

https://www.virginwinesplc.co.uk/

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