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RNS Number : 4933B Wickes Group PLC 23 August 2024
23(rd) 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: 22(nd) August 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 43,764
Lowest price per share (pence): 158.6
Highest price per share (pence): 160.6
Weighted average price per day (pence): 159.6403
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,753,714
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 242,884,284. 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 242,884,284. 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 159.6403 43,764 158.6 160.6
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
22(nd) August 2024 08:42:36 15 160.6 XLON 00165759556TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 08:42:39 1500 160.6 XLON 00165759560TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 08:42:39 324 160.6 XLON 00165759561TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 08:43:12 881 160.2 XLON 00165759592TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 08:43:12 1051 160.2 XLON 00165759593TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 08:48:02 1946 159.8 XLON 00165759812TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 09:33:51 236 159.6 XLON 00165764145TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 09:33:54 1594 159.6 XLON 00165764149TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 10:12:08 205 159.6 XLON 00165767451TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 10:31:31 1315 159.6 XLON 00165768848TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 10:31:31 205 159.6 XLON 00165768849TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 11:30:43 300 159.2 XLON 00165772536TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 12:56:10 1923 159.6 XLON 00165778312TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 12:56:12 1959 160 XLON 00165778313TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 12:56:17 1479 160 XLON 00165778319TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 12:56:17 193 160 XLON 00165778320TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 12:56:38 1730 160 XLON 00165778357TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 13:22:18 1901 160 XLON 00165780691TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 13:34:25 1801 160 XLON 00165781675TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 13:44:28 1795 159.8 XLON 00165782240TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 13:53:03 140 159.8 XLON 00165782686TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 13:54:22 95 159.8 XLON 00165782765TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 13:58:21 489 159.8 XLON 00165782962TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:19:19 153 159.8 XLON 00165784232TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:19:19 911 159.8 XLON 00165784233TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:20:07 82 159.8 XLON 00165784331TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:24:00 49 159.8 XLON 00165784492TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:24:00 1642 159.8 XLON 00165784493TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:30:03 1747 159.8 XLON 00165785115TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:34:43 1884 159.8 XLON 00165786107TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 14:49:46 1666 159.6 XLON 00165787641TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 15:01:53 1704 159.6 XLON 00165788865TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 15:07:14 1863 159.4 XLON 00165789355TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 15:07:23 490 159.2 XLON 00165789382TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 15:07:23 1180 159.2 XLON 00165789383TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 15:26:14 1864 159 XLON 00165791298TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 15:35:14 1913 158.6 XLON 00165792357TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 16:20:05 1713 159 XLON 00165797174TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 16:21:40 267 158.6 XLON 00165797446TRLO0
22(nd) August 2024 16:21:40 1559 158.6 XLON 00165797447TRLO0
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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