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RNS Number : 1634B Wickes Group PLC 21 August 2024
21(st) August 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: 20(th) August 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 22,100
Lowest price per share (pence): 157.6
Highest price per share (pence): 159.4
Weighted average price per day (pence): 158.3471
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,687,956
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 242,950,042. 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 242,950,042. 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 158.3471 22,100 157.6 159.4
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
20(th) August 2024 09:03:44 353 159.4 XLON 00165672297TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 09:03:44 1385 159.4 XLON 00165672298TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 09:31:39 575 159 XLON 00165674325TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 09:31:39 1218 159 XLON 00165674326TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 09:44:20 122 158.4 XLON 00165675109TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 09:44:20 1714 158.4 XLON 00165675110TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 10:49:06 300 158 XLON 00165679786TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 10:49:06 1466 158 XLON 00165679787TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 11:30:52 270 157.6 XLON 00165682542TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 12:15:14 922 158.4 XLON 00165684715TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 12:15:14 804 158.4 XLON 00165684716TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 13:40:01 143 158.4 XLON 00165688908TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 13:40:01 454 158.4 XLON 00165688909TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 13:40:01 1083 158.4 XLON 00165688910TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 14:18:11 900 158 XLON 00165691772TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 14:18:11 1109 158 XLON 00165691773TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 14:52:30 1751 158.2 XLON 00165696398TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:09:42 48 158.2 XLON 00165698378TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:10:03 55 158.2 XLON 00165698415TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:10:03 3 158.2 XLON 00165698416TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:11:57 79 158.2 XLON 00165698641TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:11:57 4 158.2 XLON 00165698642TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:18:08 48 158.2 XLON 00165699324TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:19:10 1513 158.2 XLON 00165699431TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:51:40 900 158.2 XLON 00165703208TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:51:40 54 158.2 XLON 00165703210TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:51:40 2 158.2 XLON 00165703211TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:52:39 846 158.2 XLON 00165703344TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:58:18 1978 158.2 XLON 00165704044TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:59:18 299 158 XLON 00165704169TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:59:18 52 158 XLON 00165704170TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 15:59:18 18 158 XLON 00165704171TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 16:03:32 700 158 XLON 00165704657TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 16:13:12 48 158 XLON 00165705843TRLO0
20(th) August 2024 16:13:12 884 158 XLON 00165705844TRLO0
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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