REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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17/04/2024 07:01

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RNS Number : 8546K  Wickes Group PLC  17 April 2024

17(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:                        16(th) April 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     158,890
 Lowest price per share (pence):          153.2
 Highest price per share (pence):         155.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  154.2271

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 11,611,572
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 248,026,426. 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 248,026,426. 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   154.2271                           158,890            153.2                       155.0

 

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
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:04   1735                        155                      XLON           00160912007TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:13   480                         154.4                    XLON           00160912031TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:13   959                         154.4                    XLON           00160912032TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:13   188                         154.4                    XLON           00160912033TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:53:05   80000                       154.4                    XLON           00160912127TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 12:23:42   50000                       154.4                    XLON           00160917696TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:05   1284                        154.2                    XLON           00160912017TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:05   470                         154.2                    XLON           00160912018TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:06   362                         153.4                    XLON           00160912023TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 10:52:06   1489                        153.4                    XLON           00160912024TRLO0
 16(th) April 2024 14:17:53   21923                       153.2                    XLON           00160924127TRLO0

 

 

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

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

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