Wickes Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3446P

Wickes Group PLC

22 May 2024

 

22^nd 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:	21st May 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	49,193
Lowest price per share (pence):	144.0
Highest price per share (pence):	145.4
Weighted average price per day (pence):	144.1043

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 14,110,213 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 245,527,785. 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 245,527,785. 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	144.1043	49,193	144.0	145.4

 

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
21st May 2024 08:09:39	1913	145.4	XLON	00162208237TRLO0
21st May 2024 09:12:07	1435	144.6	XLON	00162212820TRLO0
21st May 2024 09:12:07	457	144.6	XLON	00162212819TRLO0
21st May 2024 09:39:28	2192	144.6	XLON	00162214853TRLO0
21st May 2024 10:14:47	43196	144	XLON	00162218001TRLO0

 

 

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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