Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares

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Wickes Group PLC
19 April 2024
 

19th April 2024

Wickes Group plc

("Wickes" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Wickes Group plc ("Wickes" or the "Company") announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each through Peel Hunt LLP ("Peel Hunt").

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:

18th April 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

81,385

Lowest price per share (pence):

152.6

Highest price per share (pence):

156.4

Weighted average price per day (pence):

154.8604

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 11,845,812 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme. 

 

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 247,792,186. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.

 

Once the shares are cancelled, the total number of voting rights in Wickes will therefore be 247,792,186. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 

 

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme.

  

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted average price (p)

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share (p)

Highest price per share (p)

XLON

154.8604

81,385

152.6

156.4

 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Peel Hunt on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is detailed below:

 

Date and time of each trade

Number of shares purchased

Price (pence per share)

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference Number

18th April 2024 08:00:23

319

153.2

XLON

00161000879TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:00:23

1295

153.2

XLON

00161000880TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:09:29

867

152.6

XLON

00161002022TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:09:29

867

152.6

XLON

00161002021TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:21:37

956

153

XLON

00161002840TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:21:37

164

153

XLON

00161002839TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:21:37

649

153

XLON

00161002838TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:36:20

1535

154.4

XLON

00161003823TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:42:35

1617

154.2

XLON

00161004183TRLO0

18th April 2024 08:59:03

1706

155.8

XLON

00161004967TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:12:56

888

156.4

XLON

00161005757TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:12:56

655

156.4

XLON

00161005758TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:18:34

1608

156.2

XLON

00161006020TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:18:38

713

154.8

XLON

00161006025TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:29:37

1052

154.8

XLON

00161006687TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:43:40

1679

154.4

XLON

00161007514TRLO0

18th April 2024 09:59:08

1644

154.6

XLON

00161008347TRLO0

18th April 2024 10:21:15

1755

154.6

XLON

00161010248TRLO0

18th April 2024 10:45:23

777

154.8

XLON

00161011767TRLO0

18th April 2024 10:45:23

1000

154.8

XLON

00161011766TRLO0

18th April 2024 10:58:10

1650

154.8

XLON

00161012461TRLO0

18th April 2024 11:54:11

613

155.6

XLON

00161015118TRLO0

18th April 2024 11:54:11

952

155.6

XLON

00161015117TRLO0

18th April 2024 11:54:16

1756

155

XLON

00161015121TRLO0

18th April 2024 11:54:19

1501

154.4

XLON

00161015138TRLO0

18th April 2024 12:21:31

1544

154.8

XLON

00161016551TRLO0

18th April 2024 12:34:24

1623

154.8

XLON

00161017352TRLO0

18th April 2024 12:43:39

50000

155

XLON

00161017831TRLO0

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680426

holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk

 

Lucy Legh, Will Smith
Headland - PR Adviser to the Company
+44 (0) 0203 805 4822
wickes@headlandconsultancy.com

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

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