Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC
27 August 2024
 

27th August 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:

23rd August 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

54,414

Lowest price per share (pence):

159.6

Highest price per share (pence):

163.60

Weighted average price per day (pence):

161.0842

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,808,128 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 242,829,870. 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 242,829,870. 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

161.0842

54,414

159.6

163.6

 

 

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

23rd August 2024 09:17:10

1620

160

XLON

00165809329TRLO0

23rd August 2024

09:25:40

50

160

XLON

00165809782TRLO0

23rd August 2024 09:25:40

484

160

XLON

00165809783TRLO0

23rd August 2024 09:25:40

1299

160

XLON

00165809784TRLO0

23rd August 2024 09:27:34

1670

159.8

XLON

00165809898TRLO0

23rd August 2024 09:42:39

1881

160.2

XLON

00165810745TRLO0

23rd August 2024 09:42:48

1685

160

XLON

00165810755TRLO0

23rd August 2024 09:51:46

1720

159.8

XLON

00165811163TRLO0

23rd August 2024 10:12:51

1725

159.6

XLON

00165812642TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:02:47

1828

160.2

XLON

00165818928TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:03:19

1815

160.4

XLON

00165819054TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:04:27

1698

160.2

XLON

00165819170TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:05:21

1730

160

XLON

00165819252TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:11:18

1750

160.2

XLON

00165819571TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:15:20

1776

160.2

XLON

00165819861TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:25:40

1852

160.4

XLON

00165820434TRLO0

23rd August 2024 12:33:40

1725

160.4

XLON

00165820874TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:13:28

1844

161

XLON

00165822956TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:30:46

1720

161

XLON

00165823812TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:30:50

1879

161

XLON

00165823818TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:31:59

1763

161

XLON

00165823869TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:37:33

1708

160.8

XLON

00165824179TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:37:37

1663

160.6

XLON

00165824182TRLO0

23rd August 2024 13:45:28

1881

160.2

XLON

00165824553TRLO0

23rd August 2024 14:30:02

1805

161.2

XLON

00165827221TRLO0

23rd August 2024 14:50:27

1581

161.2

XLON

00165829163TRLO0

23rd August 2024 15:50:30

1375

163

XLON

00165835650TRLO0

23rd August 2024 15:50:30

258

163

XLON

00165835651TRLO0

23rd August 2024 15:51:07

629

162.4

XLON

00165835688TRLO0

23rd August 2024 16:06:09

10000

163.6

XLON

00165837131TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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