RNS Number : 4933B
Wickes Group PLC
23 August 2024
 

23rd 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:

22nd August 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

43,764

Lowest price per share (pence):

158.6

Highest price per share (pence):

160.6

Weighted average price per day (pence):

159.6403

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,753,714 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 242,884,284. 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 242,884,284. 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

159.6403

43,764

158.6

160.6

 

 

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

22nd August 2024  08:42:36

15

160.6

XLON

00165759556TRLO0

22nd August 2024  08:42:39

1500

160.6

XLON

00165759560TRLO0

22nd August 2024  08:42:39

324

160.6

XLON

00165759561TRLO0

22nd August 2024  08:43:12

881

160.2

XLON

00165759592TRLO0

22nd August 2024  08:43:12

1051

160.2

XLON

00165759593TRLO0

22nd August 2024  08:48:02

1946

159.8

XLON

00165759812TRLO0

22nd August 2024  09:33:51

236

159.6

XLON

00165764145TRLO0

22nd August 2024  09:33:54

1594

159.6

XLON

00165764149TRLO0

22nd August 2024  10:12:08

205

159.6

XLON

00165767451TRLO0

22nd August 2024  10:31:31

1315

159.6

XLON

00165768848TRLO0

22nd August 2024  10:31:31

205

159.6

XLON

00165768849TRLO0

22nd August 2024  11:30:43

300

159.2

XLON

00165772536TRLO0

22nd August 2024  12:56:10

1923

159.6

XLON

00165778312TRLO0

22nd August 2024  12:56:12

1959

160

XLON

00165778313TRLO0

22nd August 2024  12:56:17

1479

160

XLON

00165778319TRLO0

22nd August 2024  12:56:17

193

160

XLON

00165778320TRLO0

22nd August 2024  12:56:38

1730

160

XLON

00165778357TRLO0

22nd August 2024  13:22:18

1901

160

XLON

00165780691TRLO0

22nd August 2024  13:34:25

1801

160

XLON

00165781675TRLO0

22nd August 2024  13:44:28

1795

159.8

XLON

00165782240TRLO0

22nd August 2024  13:53:03

140

159.8

XLON

00165782686TRLO0

22nd August 2024  13:54:22

95

159.8

XLON

00165782765TRLO0

22nd August 2024  13:58:21

489

159.8

XLON

00165782962TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:19:19

153

159.8

XLON

00165784232TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:19:19

911

159.8

XLON

00165784233TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:20:07

82

159.8

XLON

00165784331TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:24:00

49

159.8

XLON

00165784492TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:24:00

1642

159.8

XLON

00165784493TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:30:03

1747

159.8

XLON

00165785115TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:34:43

1884

159.8

XLON

00165786107TRLO0

22nd August 2024  14:49:46

1666

159.6

XLON

00165787641TRLO0

22nd August 2024  15:01:53

1704

159.6

XLON

00165788865TRLO0

22nd August 2024  15:07:14

1863

159.4

XLON

00165789355TRLO0

22nd August 2024  15:07:23

490

159.2

XLON

00165789382TRLO0

22nd August 2024  15:07:23

1180

159.2

XLON

00165789383TRLO0

22nd August 2024  15:26:14

1864

159

XLON

00165791298TRLO0

22nd August 2024  15:35:14

1913

158.6

XLON

00165792357TRLO0

22nd August 2024  16:20:05

1713

159

XLON

00165797174TRLO0

22nd August 2024  16:21:40

267

158.6

XLON

00165797446TRLO0

22nd August 2024  16:21:40

1559

158.6

XLON

00165797447TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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