Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC
15 May 2024
 

15th May 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:

14th May 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

55,068

Lowest price per share (pence):

144.6

Highest price per share (pence):

147.4

Weighted average price per day (pence):

146.2756

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 13,893,303 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 245,744,695. 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 245,744,695. 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

146.2756

55,068

144.6

147.4

 

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

14th May 2024 10:11:23

1917

145.6

XLON

00161906193TRLO0

14th May 2024 10:24:38

1693

145.2

XLON

00161907158TRLO0

14th May 2024 10:24:38

416

145.2

XLON

00161907156TRLO0

14th May 2024 10:30:28

108

144.8

XLON

00161907634TRLO0

14th May 2024 10:32:39

374

144.8

XLON

00161907826TRLO0

14th May 2024 10:32:39

181

144.8

XLON

00161907825TRLO0

14th May 2024 10:32:39

1594

144.8

XLON

00161907824TRLO0

14th May 2024 11:03:58

1976

144.6

XLON

00161910539TRLO0

14th May 2024 11:46:30

1911

145.2

XLON

00161914360TRLO0

14th May 2024 11:47:00

1456

145.2

XLON

00161914396TRLO0

14th May 2024 11:47:00

690

145.2

XLON

00161914394TRLO0

14th May 2024 11:53:00

1721

145

XLON

00161914807TRLO0

14th May 2024 11:53:01

522

145

XLON

00161914811TRLO0

14th May 2024 12:44:03

260

145.4

XLON

00161919125TRLO0

14th May 2024 12:44:03

1879

145.4

XLON

00161919127TRLO0

14th May 2024 12:53:05

1177

145.6

XLON

00161919771TRLO0

14th May 2024 12:53:05

709

145.6

XLON

00161919770TRLO0

14th May 2024 12:56:32

2210

145.6

XLON

00161919985TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:10:49

116

146.6

XLON

00161920962TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:10:49

1252

146.6

XLON

00161920961TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:10:49

800

146.6

XLON

00161920960TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:12:01

954

146.6

XLON

00161921031TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:12:01

961

146.6

XLON

00161921029TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:17:29

1367

146.2

XLON

00161921384TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:27:01

1896

146.6

XLON

00161922119TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:30:07

938

146.6

XLON

00161922580TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:30:07

1297

146.6

XLON

00161922579TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:46:25

853

147.2

XLON

00161924526TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:46:25

1192

147.2

XLON

00161924525TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:48:22

1911

146.8

XLON

00161924725TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:58:10

901

146.8

XLON

00161925717TRLO0

14th May 2024 13:58:30

520

146.8

XLON

00161925756TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:17:07

1986

147

XLON

00161927811TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:33:15

2267

147.2

XLON

00161930691TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:45:27

4

147.2

XLON

00161933815TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:47:28

2020

147.4

XLON

00161934355TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:47:45

744

147.4

XLON

00161934441TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:47:45

1148

147.4

XLON

00161934440TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:52:05

1966

147.2

XLON

00161935256TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:53:35

2176

147

XLON

00161935539TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:56:19

336

147

XLON

00161936133TRLO0

14th May 2024 14:56:19

1901

147

XLON

00161936132TRLO0

14th May 2024 15:15:50

1880

146.8

XLON

00161940420TRLO0

14th May 2024 15:29:35

2095

147

XLON

00161943089TRLO0

14th May 2024 15:37:14

429

146.8

XLON

00161944493TRLO0

14th May 2024 15:37:14

364

146.8

XLON

00161944494TRLO0

 

 

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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