REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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22/04/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 3966L  Wickes Group PLC  22 April 2024

22(nd) 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:                        19(th) April 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     149,948
 Lowest price per share (pence):          151.4
 Highest price per share (pence):         153.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  151.7315

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 11,995,760
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 247,642,238. 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 247,642,238. 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   151.7315                           149,948            151.4                       153.0

 

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
 19(th) April 2024 12:17:35   65000                       151.4                    XLON           00161063181TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 12:32:23   1425                        151.4                    XLON           00161063938TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 12:32:23   117                         151.4                    XLON           00161063939TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 12:53:02   918                         152                      XLON           00161064771TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 12:53:02   736                         152                      XLON           00161064770TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:05:36   983                         152.6                    XLON           00161065293TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:05:36   500                         152.6                    XLON           00161065292TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:30:05   129                         153                      XLON           00161066298TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:30:05   500                         153                      XLON           00161066297TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:30:05   968                         153                      XLON           00161066296TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:33:38   1674                        152.6                    XLON           00161066449TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 13:45:41   1665                        152                      XLON           00161066988TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 14:12:17   1585                        152.2                    XLON           00161068369TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 14:15:06   20000                       152                      XLON           00161068505TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 14:31:41   1761                        152                      XLON           00161069759TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 14:47:23   290                         152.2                    XLON           00161071898TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 14:47:23   500                         152.2                    XLON           00161071897TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 14:47:23   903                         152.2                    XLON           00161071896TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:00:00   1143                        151.8                    XLON           00161073243TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:08:23   176                         152.2                    XLON           00161074379TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:08:23   500                         152.2                    XLON           00161074378TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:08:23   375                         152.2                    XLON           00161074377TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:08:23   624                         152.2                    XLON           00161074376TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:23:31   298                         152.2                    XLON           00161075958TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:23:31   1419                        152.2                    XLON           00161075957TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:36:06   268                         152.2                    XLON           00161077175TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:36:34   1219                        152.2                    XLON           00161077231TRLO0
 19(th) April 2024 15:49:33   44272                       151.882                  XLON           00161078656TRLO0

 

 

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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