Wickes Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8290W

Wickes Group PLC

18 July 2024

 

18^th July 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:	17th July 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	52,812
Lowest price per share (pence):	141.4
Highest price per share (pence):	143.0
Weighted average price per day (pence):	142.3327

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 15,748,149 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 243,889,849. 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 243,889,849. 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	142.3327	52,812	141.4	143.0

 

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
17th July 2024 10:33:11	36	141.8	XLON	00164271979TRLO0
17th July 2024 10:38:09	85	141.8	XLON	00164272362TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:32:51	88	143	XLON	00164263510TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:32:51	133	143	XLON	00164263508TRLO0
17th July 2024 09:18:55	135	141.4	XLON	00164266475TRLO0
17th July 2024 10:45:31	171	141.6	XLON	00164272880TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:54:44	172	141.6	XLON	00164264995TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:32:51	189	143	XLON	00164263509TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:32:51	285	143	XLON	00164263507TRLO0
17th July 2024 11:33:18	345	141.6	XLON	00164275710TRLO0
17th July 2024 09:58:03	440	141.4	XLON	00164269089TRLO0
17th July 2024 12:05:06	600	141.6	XLON	00164277232TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:39:37	888	141.6	XLON	00164263954TRLO0
17th July 2024 12:05:06	965	141.6	XLON	00164277233TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:40:16	1067	141.6	XLON	00164263988TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:32:51	1379	143	XLON	00164263511TRLO0
17th July 2024 08:36:06	1799	142.6	XLON	00164263709TRLO0
17th July 2024 10:38:09	1906	141.8	XLON	00164272361TRLO0
17th July 2024 14:58:18	42129	142.4	XLON	00164288327TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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