Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC
05 August 2024
 

5th 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:

2nd August 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

57,456

Lowest price per share (pence):

153.0

Highest price per share (pence):

156.2

Weighted average price per day (pence):

154.5810

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,311,096 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 243,326,902. 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 243,326,902. 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

154.5810

57,456

153.0

156.2

 

 

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

2nd August 2024 08:10:04

1957

153.6

XLON

00164959638TRLO0

2nd August 2024 08:39:07

1272

154

XLON

00164964811TRLO0

2nd August 2024 08:39:07

688

154

XLON

00164964812TRLO0

2nd August 2024 08:42:17

533

154

XLON

00164965277TRLO0

2nd August 2024 08:54:32

1336

154

XLON

00164967223TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:00:58

1798

154.8

XLON

00164976414TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:11:09

1559

154.6

XLON

00164978227TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:11:09

288

154.6

XLON

00164978228TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:11:11

2000

154.6

XLON

00164978242TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:30:08

1300

154.6

XLON

00164980789TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:30:16

125

154.6

XLON

00164980830TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:30:38

208

154.6

XLON

00164980898TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:42:10

210

154.6

XLON

00164982309TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:42:31

1700

154.2

XLON

00164982388TRLO0

2nd August 2024 10:42:31

1844

154.4

XLON

00164982390TRLO0

2nd August 2024 11:35:19

1927

155.6

XLON

00164988818TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:11:23

1782

156.2

XLON

00164992662TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:15:13

1954

155.8

XLON

00164992993TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:25:10

273

155.6

XLON

00164993912TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:26:25

1441

155.6

XLON

00164994041TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:28:45

2016

155.6

XLON

00164994226TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:40:07

44

155.6

XLON

00164995393TRLO0

2nd August 2024 12:59:34

1848

155.8

XLON

00164997090TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:29:51

504

155.8

XLON

00164999916TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:30:03

1238

155.8

XLON

00164999953TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:30:21

1877

155.6

XLON

00165000079TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:31:43

1082

155.8

XLON

00165000538TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:31:43

962

155.8

XLON

00165000539TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:36:01

762

155.4

XLON

00165001589TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:36:01

579

155.4

XLON

00165001590TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:36:01

371

155.4

XLON

00165001591TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:37:56

1874

154.8

XLON

00165002165TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:38:20

1755

154.2

XLON

00165002268TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:49:31

1778

154

XLON

00165003820TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:49:46

1753

153.8

XLON

00165003842TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:50:35

1976

153.6

XLON

00165003959TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:50:38

1747

153.6

XLON

00165003966TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:51:11

1993

154

XLON

00165004017TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:51:33

1573

154

XLON

00165004048TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:51:59

478

154

XLON

00165004119TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:52:23

1739

153.8

XLON

00165004202TRLO0

2nd August 2024 13:58:01

1734

153.6

XLON

00165004905TRLO0

2nd August 2024 14:00:44

645

153.4

XLON

00165005272TRLO0

2nd August 2024 14:00:44

1214

153.4

XLON

00165005273TRLO0

2nd August 2024 14:01:55

1719

153

XLON

00165005452TRLO0

 

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680426

holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk0

 

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

 

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