REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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15/07/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 2925W  Wickes Group PLC  15 July 2024

15(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:                        12(th) July 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     57,989
 Lowest price per share (pence):          142.4
 Highest price per share (pence):         144.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  143.5157

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 15,586,824
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 244,051,174. 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 244,051,174. 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   143.5157                           57,989             142.4                       144.0

 

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
 12(th) July 2024 08:21:09    102                         142.6                    XLON           00164105995TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:30:13    121                         142.6                    XLON           00164106723TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:18:24    170                         143.6                    XLON           00164105820TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:21:09    178                         142.6                    XLON           00164105996TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:03:04    224                         142.8                    XLON           00164115339TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:30:22    347                         142.6                    XLON           00164106750TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:03:50    385                         142.4                    XLON           00164115531TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:03:15    470                         142.4                    XLON           00164115469TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:55:24    884                         143.6                    XLON           00164120308TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:03:50    1095                        142.4                    XLON           00164115530TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:21:23    1099                        142.6                    XLON           00164106015TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:55:24    1116                        143.6                    XLON           00164120307TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 10:03:04    1546                        142.8                    XLON           00164115338TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:18:24    1600                        143.6                    XLON           00164105819TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 08:20:45    1786                        144                      XLON           00164105967TRLO0
 12(th) July 2024 11:36:37    46866                       143.6                    XLON           00164122795TRLO0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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