REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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21/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 1753P  Wickes Group PLC  21 May 2024

21(st) 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:                        20(th) May 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     50,318
 Lowest price per share (pence):          146.0
 Highest price per share (pence):         147.6
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  146.3875

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 14,061,020
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 245,576,978. 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 245,576,978. 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   146.3875                           50,318             146.0                       147.6

 

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
 20(th) May 2024 08:28:15     1326                        147                      XLON           00162150620TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 08:28:17     577                         147                      XLON           00162150624TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 08:45:27     1584                        146.8                    XLON           00162152148TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 08:45:27     623                         146.8                    XLON           00162152149TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:29:51     32                          147.4                    XLON           00162166212TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:29:51     31                          147.4                    XLON           00162166213TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:29:51     31                          147.4                    XLON           00162166214TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:51:35     1965                        147.6                    XLON           00162167897TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:51:48     512                         147.2                    XLON           00162167905TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:51:48     800                         147.2                    XLON           00162167906TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:51:48     601                         147.2                    XLON           00162167907TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:51:52     1954                        147                      XLON           00162167911TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:52:59     427                         147                      XLON           00162168005TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 11:52:59     1807                        147                      XLON           00162168006TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 12:45:47     51                          147.2                    XLON           00162172010TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 12:45:47     778                         147.2                    XLON           00162172011TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 12:45:47     800                         147.2                    XLON           00162172012TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 12:45:47     308                         147.2                    XLON           00162172013TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 12:55:47     25                          147                      XLON           00162172783TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 13:01:43     1972                        147                      XLON           00162173104TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 14:18:35     2184                        146.6                    XLON           00162177644TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 14:59:15     2189                        146.2                    XLON           00162184368TRLO0
 20(th) May 2024 15:57:09     29741                       146                      XLON           00162192632TRLO0

 

 

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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