Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC
16 August 2024
 

16th 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:

15th August 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

42,444

Lowest price per share (pence):

156.8

Highest price per share (pence):

159.0

Weighted average price per day (pence):

157.8814

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,631,040 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 243,006,958. 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 243,006,958. 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

157.8814

42,444

156.8

159.0

 

 

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

15th August 2024 08:43:29

1785

159

XLON

00165531466TRLO0

15th August 2024 08:43:41

2008

158.6

XLON

00165531477TRLO0

15th August 2024 08:44:59

1686

158

XLON

00165531563TRLO0

15th August 2024 09:04:41

1600

158

XLON

00165532839TRLO0

15th August 2024 09:04:41

290

158

XLON

00165532840TRLO0

15th August 2024 09:37:16

1500

157.8

XLON

00165534561TRLO0

15th August 2024 09:37:16

212

157.8

XLON

00165534562TRLO0

15th August 2024 11:50:38

296

157.4

XLON

00165542187TRLO0

15th August 2024 11:52:32

1200

157.4

XLON

00165542276TRLO0

15th August 2024 12:13:58

370

157.4

XLON

00165543399TRLO0

15th August 2024 12:48:48

235

156.8

XLON

00165545194TRLO0

15th August 2024 12:48:48

653

156.8

XLON

00165545195TRLO0

15th August 2024 13:20:12

1785

157.2

XLON

00165546991TRLO0

15th August 2024 13:53:53

1520

158

XLON

00165549462TRLO0

15th August 2024 13:53:53

208

158

XLON

00165549463TRLO0

15th August 2024 13:57:41

1174

157.8

XLON

00165549884TRLO0

15th August 2024 13:57:41

42

157.8

XLON

00165549885TRLO0

15th August 2024 13:57:47

487

157.8

XLON

00165549912TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:06:15

1568

158

XLON

00165550685TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:06:18

368

158

XLON

00165550687TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:10:16

1731

157.8

XLON

00165550965TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:10:19

145

157.8

XLON

00165550968TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:17:13

812

157.8

XLON

00165551653TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:18:48

505

157.8

XLON

00165551813TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:20:10

548

157.8

XLON

00165551897TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:31:35

1846

157.8

XLON

00165553434TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:31:38

98

157.8

XLON

00165553445TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:42:44

611

157.8

XLON

00165556003TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:42:47

1103

157.8

XLON

00165556016TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:44:35

1150

157.8

XLON

00165556316TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:44:38

578

157.8

XLON

00165556322TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:55:04

1074

157.8

XLON

00165557572TRLO0

15th August 2024 14:55:04

653

157.8

XLON

00165557573TRLO0

15th August 2024 15:03:33

1693

157.6

XLON

00165558734TRLO0

15th August 2024 15:20:29

50

157.2

XLON

00165560739TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:12:15

71

158.4

XLON

00165566346TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:12:15

1676

158.4

XLON

00165566347TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:12:47

1680

158.4

XLON

00165566400TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:14:11

1926

158

XLON

00165566620TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:14:12

1892

157.8

XLON

00165566622TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:14:14

1677

157.6

XLON

00165566624TRLO0

15th August 2024 16:14:29

1938

157.4

XLON

00165566652TRLO0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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