Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC
10 April 2024
 

10th 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:

9th April 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

160,967

Lowest price per share (pence):

152.0

Highest price per share (pence):

155.4

Weighted average price per day (pence):

154.2299

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 10,838,412 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 248,799,586. 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 248,799,586. 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

154.2299

160,967

152.0

155.4

 

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

9th April 2024

08:34:13

1477

154.4

XLON

00160599050TRLO0

9th April 2024

08:34:13

1590

154.6

XLON

00160599051TRLO0

9th April 2024

08:34:15

1632

153.2

XLON

00160599055TRLO0

9th April 2024

08:34:16

1568

152

XLON

00160599061TRLO0

9th April 2024

08:34:25

1468

152

XLON

00160599076TRLO0

9th April 2024

08:36:18

48

152

XLON

00160599230TRLO0

9th April 2024

09:46:27

1496

153.6

XLON

00160604667TRLO0

9th April 2024

10:11:51

1660

155

XLON

00160607556TRLO0

9th April 2024

11:37:06

1582

155.2

XLON

00160615263TRLO0

9th April 2024

11:39:06

278

154.8

XLON

00160615425TRLO0

9th April 2024

12:00:22

640

154.8

XLON

00160617182TRLO0

9th April 2024

12:06:20

488

154.8

XLON

00160617556TRLO0

9th April 2024

12:14:00

208

154.8

XLON

00160618095TRLO0

9th April 2024

12:38:15

713

155

XLON

00160619548TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:10:59

388

155.2

XLON

00160621549TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:10:59

508

155.2

XLON

00160621550TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:52:55

1501

155.4

XLON

00160624505TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:54:57

1600

155.2

XLON

00160624620TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:54:57

35

155.2

XLON

00160624621TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:55:40

70

155

XLON

00160624675TRLO0

9th April 2024

13:56:45

1414

155

XLON

00160624735TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:02:13

1

154.6

XLON

00160625075TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:38:17

1640

154.6

XLON

00160629685TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:52:42

671

154.4

XLON

00160631792TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:52:42

67

154.4

XLON

00160631793TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:52:42

878

154.4

XLON

00160631794TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:52:55

1508

154.4

XLON

00160631819TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:54:56

1734

154.2

XLON

00160632158TRLO0

9th April 2024

14:57:33

1493

154.4

XLON

00160632599TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:10:22

1514

154.4

XLON

00160634778TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:36:20

1561

154.4

XLON

00160639192TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:38:49

1044

154.4

XLON

00160639748TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:38:49

464

154.4

XLON

00160639749TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:39:14

60967

154.4

XLON

00160639803TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:43:47

750

154.4

XLON

00160640561TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:43:47

850

154.4

XLON

00160640562TRLO0

9th April 2024

15:51:54

1766

154.4

XLON

00160641884TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:01:41

1645

154

XLON

00160643849TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:11:51

1706

153.8

XLON

00160645201TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:12:20

1645

154

XLON

00160645272TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:12:29

1650

154.2

XLON

00160645295TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:23:27

1717

154

XLON

00160647021TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:23:36

1131

154.4

XLON

00160647042TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:23:36

405

154.4

XLON

00160647043TRLO0

9th April 2024

16:24:10

53796

154

XLON

00160647147TRLO0

 

 

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

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 

Companies

Wickes Group (WIX)
UK 100
FTSE quotes by TradingView

Latest directors dealings

All directors dealings today