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RNS Number : 0258L Wickes Group PLC 18 April 2024
18(th) 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: 17(th) April 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 152,855
Lowest price per share (pence): 151.0
Highest price per share (pence): 153.6
Weighted average price per day (pence): 153.0653
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 11,764,427
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 247,873,571. 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 247,873,571. 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 153.0653 152,855 151.0 153.6
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
17(th) April 2024 08:11:12 219 151 XLON 00160953439TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 08:11:12 1511 151 XLON 00160953440TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:08:30 246 151.4 XLON 00160957671TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:28:37 1778 153.2 XLON 00160959182TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:28:38 1709 153.2 XLON 00160959184TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:28:39 1783 153 XLON 00160959188TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:29:50 1491 153.6 XLON 00160959278TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:35:02 1757 153.6 XLON 00160959702TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:50:51 780 153.4 XLON 00160961047TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:50:51 748 153.4 XLON 00160961046TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:53:24 1369 153.2 XLON 00160961246TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:53:24 326 153.2 XLON 00160961245TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:53:28 498 152.8 XLON 00160961257TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:58:17 25 153 XLON 00160961556TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:58:17 4 153 XLON 00160961559TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:58:17 12 153 XLON 00160961558TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 09:58:17 68 153 XLON 00160961557TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 10:04:51 345 153.2 XLON 00160962566TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 10:04:51 1318 153.2 XLON 00160962567TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 10:11:07 812 153.4 XLON 00160963202TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 10:19:29 44 153.6 XLON 00160963894TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 10:19:29 1500 153.6 XLON 00160963893TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 10:19:30 122 153.2 XLON 00160963896TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 11:22:10 1530 153.4 XLON 00160968535TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 11:52:24 1249 153.4 XLON 00160970262TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 11:52:24 320 153.4 XLON 00160970261TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 11:57:45 642 153.2 XLON 00160970517TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 11:57:45 1073 153.2 XLON 00160970518TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 12:17:52 1717 153.2 XLON 00160971670TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 13:28:43 913 153.2 XLON 00160974905TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 13:28:43 818 153.2 XLON 00160974904TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 13:31:08 71 153 XLON 00160975030TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 13:31:08 1745 153 XLON 00160975031TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 14:05:00 1731 153.6 XLON 00160976859TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 14:05:06 1742 153.4 XLON 00160976866TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 14:26:36 1588 153.6 XLON 00160978128TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 14:40:36 1274 153.2 XLON 00160980325TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 14:40:40 249 153.2 XLON 00160980338TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 14:47:36 770 153 XLON 00160981133TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 15:00:02 791 153 XLON 00160982375TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 15:11:37 1761 153.2 XLON 00160983452TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 15:11:39 1079 152.8 XLON 00160983460TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 15:11:39 490 152.8 XLON 00160983459TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 15:12:02 65000 153.2 XLON 00160983520TRLO0
17(th) April 2024 15:52:04 47837 152.8 XLON 00160987991TRLO0
For further information please contact:
Holly Grainger
Director of Investor Relations
07341 680426
holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk (mailto: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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