Wickes Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0580O

Wickes Group PLC

13 May 2024

 

13^th May 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:	10th May 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	26,690
Lowest price per share (pence):	144.4
Highest price per share (pence):	145.8
Weighted average price per day (pence):	145.2328

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 13,656,448 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 245,981,550. 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 245,981,550. 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	145.2328	26,690	144.4	145.8

 

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
10th May 2024 08:41:00	1919	144.4	XLON	00161785714TRLO0
10th May 2024 10:35:43	296	145	XLON	00161796692TRLO0
10th May 2024 12:37:25	2134	145.8	XLON	00161806856TRLO0
10th May 2024 12:44:39	2175	145.6	XLON	00161807310TRLO0
10th May 2024 12:44:49	278	145.4	XLON	00161807323TRLO0
10th May 2024 12:44:49	546	145.4	XLON	00161807324TRLO0
10th May 2024 12:44:49	1144	145.4	XLON	00161807325TRLO0
10th May 2024 14:45:59	838	145.4	XLON	00161817638TRLO0
10th May 2024 14:45:59	1091	145.4	XLON	00161817637TRLO0
10th May 2024 14:46:02	2176	145.2	XLON	00161817654TRLO0
10th May 2024 14:46:27	1986	145	XLON	00161817728TRLO0
10th May 2024 14:55:34	1247	145	XLON	00161819325TRLO0
10th May 2024 14:55:34	784	145	XLON	00161819324TRLO0

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680426

[e-mail]

 

Lucy Legh, Will Smith
Headland - PR Adviser to the Company
[phone]
[e-mail]

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

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