RNS Number : 8132Z
Wickes Group PLC
09 August 2024
 

9th 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:

8th August 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

20,798

Lowest price per share (pence):

147.8000

Highest price per share (pence):

149.6000

Weighted average price per day (pence):

148.7275

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,453,331 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 243,184,667. 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 243,184,667. 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

148.7275

20,798

147.8

149.6

 

 

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

8th August 2024 08:00:51

9

149.2

XLON

00165303324TRLO0

8th August 2024 08:00:51

1627

149.2

XLON

00165303325TRLO0

8th August 2024 08:10:51

531

148.2

XLON

00165304627TRLO0

8th August 2024 08:10:51

1424

148.2

XLON

00165304628TRLO0

8th August 2024 08:15:33

1764

148

XLON

00165305080TRLO0

8th August 2024 09:26:34

1766

147.8

XLON

00165310713TRLO0

8th August 2024 12:02:07

1951

148.4

XLON

00165320633TRLO0

8th August 2024 12:18:11

1959

148.2

XLON

00165321804TRLO0

8th August 2024 14:43:39

1300

149

XLON

00165332932TRLO0

8th August 2024 14:43:39

531

149

XLON

00165332933TRLO0

8th August 2024 15:17:47

1610

149.2

XLON

00165338202TRLO0

8th August 2024 15:20:49

1665

149

XLON

00165338598TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:15:10

1914

149.6

XLON

00165346396TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:20:23

1674

149.2

XLON

00165347126TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:20:23

220

149.2

XLON

00165347127TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:21:35

312

149.4

XLON

00165347370TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:21:49

23

149.4

XLON

00165347418TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:25:10

1

149.4

XLON

00165347897TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:25:39

39

149.4

XLON

00165347971TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:29:53

303

149.4

XLON

00165348653TRLO0

8th August 2024 16:29:53

175

149.4

XLON

00165348654TRLO0

 

 

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

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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