REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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20/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 9845O  Wickes Group PLC  20 May 2024

20(th) May 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) May 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     24,388
 Lowest price per share (pence):          145.0
 Highest price per share (pence):         146.4
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  145.7841

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 14,010,702
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 245,627,296. 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 245,627,296. 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   145.7841                           24,388             145.0                       146.4

 

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
 17(th) May 2024 08:09:41     869                         146.4                    XLON           00162097891TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 08:09:41     1000                        146.4                    XLON           00162097890TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 10:22:27     1340                        146.2                    XLON           00162107280TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 10:22:27     635                         146.2                    XLON           00162107279TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 11:00:20     1602                        145.6                    XLON           00162109628TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 11:00:20     382                         145.6                    XLON           00162109627TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 12:11:22     424                         145.4                    XLON           00162113719TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 12:11:22     369                         145.4                    XLON           00162113718TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 12:11:22     240                         145.4                    XLON           00162113717TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 12:11:22     920                         145.4                    XLON           00162113716TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 13:14:56     1903                        145.4                    XLON           00162116983TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 14:56:02     20                          145                      XLON           00162125124TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 14:56:02     1580                        145                      XLON           00162125125TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 14:59:52     13                          145                      XLON           00162125513TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:00:58     341                         145                      XLON           00162125707TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:10:30     485                         145                      XLON           00162126995TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:10:30     54                          145                      XLON           00162126996TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:31:21     205                         145.8                    XLON           00162130334TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:31:21     113                         145.8                    XLON           00162130333TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:31:21     1823                        145.8                    XLON           00162130332TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:54:05     1938                        145.8                    XLON           00162133587TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 15:54:06     2183                        145.8                    XLON           00162133588TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 16:07:51     1946                        145.8                    XLON           00162135506TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 16:20:38     1917                        146                      XLON           00162137299TRLO0
 17(th) May 2024 16:23:03     2086                        146.4                    XLON           00162137681TRLO0

 

 

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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