Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC
18 April 2024
 

18th 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:

17th April 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

152,855

Lowest price per share (pence):

151.0

Highest price per share (pence):

153.6

Weighted average price per day (pence):

153.0653

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 11,764,427 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 247,873,571. 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 247,873,571. 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

153.0653

152,855

151.0

153.6

 

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

17th April 2024 08:11:12

219

151

XLON

00160953439TRLO0

17th April 2024 08:11:12

1511

151

XLON

00160953440TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:08:30

246

151.4

XLON

00160957671TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:28:37

1778

153.2

XLON

00160959182TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:28:38

1709

153.2

XLON

00160959184TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:28:39

1783

153

XLON

00160959188TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:29:50

1491

153.6

XLON

00160959278TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:35:02

1757

153.6

XLON

00160959702TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:50:51

780

153.4

XLON

00160961047TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:50:51

748

153.4

XLON

00160961046TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:53:24

1369

153.2

XLON

00160961246TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:53:24

326

153.2

XLON

00160961245TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:53:28

498

152.8

XLON

00160961257TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:58:17

25

153

XLON

00160961556TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:58:17

4

153

XLON

00160961559TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:58:17

12

153

XLON

00160961558TRLO0

17th April 2024 09:58:17

68

153

XLON

00160961557TRLO0

17th April 2024 10:04:51

345

153.2

XLON

00160962566TRLO0

17th April 2024 10:04:51

1318

153.2

XLON

00160962567TRLO0

17th April 2024 10:11:07

812

153.4

XLON

00160963202TRLO0

17th April 2024 10:19:29

44

153.6

XLON

00160963894TRLO0

17th April 2024 10:19:29

1500

153.6

XLON

00160963893TRLO0

17th April 2024 10:19:30

122

153.2

XLON

00160963896TRLO0

17th April 2024 11:22:10

1530

153.4

XLON

00160968535TRLO0

17th April 2024 11:52:24

1249

153.4

XLON

00160970262TRLO0

17th April 2024 11:52:24

320

153.4

XLON

00160970261TRLO0

17th April 2024 11:57:45

642

153.2

XLON

00160970517TRLO0

17th April 2024 11:57:45

1073

153.2

XLON

00160970518TRLO0

17th April 2024 12:17:52

1717

153.2

XLON

00160971670TRLO0

17th April 2024 13:28:43

913

153.2

XLON

00160974905TRLO0

17th April 2024 13:28:43

818

153.2

XLON

00160974904TRLO0

17th April 2024 13:31:08

71

153

XLON

00160975030TRLO0

17th April 2024 13:31:08

1745

153

XLON

00160975031TRLO0

17th April 2024 14:05:00

1731

153.6

XLON

00160976859TRLO0

17th April 2024 14:05:06

1742

153.4

XLON

00160976866TRLO0

17th April 2024 14:26:36

1588

153.6

XLON

00160978128TRLO0

17th April 2024 14:40:36

1274

153.2

XLON

00160980325TRLO0

17th April 2024 14:40:40

249

153.2

XLON

00160980338TRLO0

17th April 2024 14:47:36

770

153

XLON

00160981133TRLO0

17th April 2024 15:00:02

791

153

XLON

00160982375TRLO0

17th April 2024 15:11:37

1761

153.2

XLON

00160983452TRLO0

17th April 2024 15:11:39

1079

152.8

XLON

00160983460TRLO0

17th April 2024 15:11:39

490

152.8

XLON

00160983459TRLO0

17th April 2024 15:12:02

65000

153.2

XLON

00160983520TRLO0

17th April 2024 15:52:04

47837

152.8

XLON

00160987991TRLO0

 

 

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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