30th April
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:
|
29th April
2024
|
|
Number of ordinary shares
purchased:
|
171,857
|
|
Lowest price per share
(pence):
|
144.6
|
|
Highest price per share
(pence):
|
146.2
|
|
Weighted average price per day
(pence):
|
145.8278
|
The Company intends to cancel the
purchased shares.
Including the above purchases,
Wickes has purchased a total of 12,818,005 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 246,819,993. 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
246,819,993. 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
|
145.8278
|
171,857
|
144.6
|
146.2
|
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
|
|
29th April 2024 08:16:23
|
1832
|
146.2
|
XLON
|
00161345368TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:20:30
|
223
|
146
|
XLON
|
00161345639TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:20:30
|
1593
|
146
|
XLON
|
00161345638TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:32:12
|
1691
|
145.4
|
XLON
|
00161346478TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:32:16
|
301
|
145.2
|
XLON
|
00161346484TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:32:16
|
1690
|
145.2
|
XLON
|
00161346483TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:39:56
|
260
|
144.8
|
XLON
|
00161346933TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:47:05
|
1459
|
145.4
|
XLON
|
00161347493TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:47:05
|
225
|
145.4
|
XLON
|
00161347492TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:53:16
|
1557
|
144.8
|
XLON
|
00161347993TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 08:53:50
|
352
|
144.8
|
XLON
|
00161348031TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 09:03:43
|
1742
|
144.6
|
XLON
|
00161348789TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 09:26:24
|
1732
|
145.8
|
XLON
|
00161350360TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 10:40:34
|
1715
|
145.6
|
XLON
|
00161358792TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 12:56:33
|
866
|
146
|
XLON
|
00161369381TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 12:56:33
|
829
|
146
|
XLON
|
00161369380TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 13:04:47
|
100000
|
146.12
|
XLON
|
00161369874TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 16:35:11
|
4440
|
145.4
|
XLON
|
00161397727TRLO0
|
|
29th April 2024 16:35:11
|
991
|
145.4
|
XLON
|
00161397726TRLO0
|
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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