REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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08/07/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 3916V  Wickes Group PLC  08 July 2024

8(th) July 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:                        5(th) July 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     53,267
 Lowest price per share (pence):          135.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         139.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  137.7

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 15,367,069
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 244,270,929. 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 244,270,929. 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   137.7130                           53,267             135.6                       139.0

 

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
 5(th) July 2024 08:20:05     516                         135.6                    XLON           00163840613TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 08:20:05     1567                        135.6                    XLON           00163840612TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 08:45:03     436                         135.8                    XLON           00163842999TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 10:00:29     2087                        137.2                    XLON           00163848153TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 10:33:01     1934                        137.2                    XLON           00163850743TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 10:34:05     328                         137.6                    XLON           00163850810TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 10:42:49     15                          138.2                    XLON           00163851477TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 10:42:49     1                           138.2                    XLON           00163851478TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 10:42:49     1818                        138.2                    XLON           00163851479TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 11:02:49     770                         138.6                    XLON           00163852881TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 11:02:49     1216                        138.6                    XLON           00163852882TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 11:07:07     1946                        139                      XLON           00163853067TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 11:12:17     1731                        139                      XLON           00163853338TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 11:12:22     2043                        139                      XLON           00163853342TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 11:34:51     1958                        138.4                    XLON           00163855049TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 12:18:31     1900                        137.4                    XLON           00163858452TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 12:18:35     727                         136.8                    XLON           00163858457TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 12:24:00     1337                        136.8                    XLON           00163858793TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 14:00:19     1879                        137.4                    XLON           00163864400TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 14:45:00     1797                        137.2                    XLON           00163870316TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 14:53:11     1822                        136.6                    XLON           00163871428TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 15:10:44     1915                        136.4                    XLON           00163874027TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 15:14:24     1872                        136.8                    XLON           00163874527TRLO0
 5(th) July 2024 15:36:41     21652                       138                      XLON           00163877445TRLO0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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