REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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18/04/2024 07:00

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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

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

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