REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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18/07/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 8290W  Wickes Group PLC  18 July 2024

18(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:                        17(th) July 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     52,812
 Lowest price per share (pence):          141.4
 Highest price per share (pence):         143.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  142.3327

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 15,748,149
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 243,889,849. 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 243,889,849. 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   142.3327                           52,812             141.4                       143.0

 

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
 17th July 2024               36                          141.8                    XLON           00164271979TRLO0

 10:33:11
 17th July 2024               85                          141.8                    XLON           00164272362TRLO0

 10:38:09
 17th July 2024               88                          143                      XLON           00164263510TRLO0

 08:32:51
 17th July 2024               133                         143                      XLON           00164263508TRLO0

 08:32:51
 17th July 2024               135                         141.4                    XLON           00164266475TRLO0

 09:18:55
 17th July 2024               171                         141.6                    XLON           00164272880TRLO0

 10:45:31
 17th July 2024               172                         141.6                    XLON           00164264995TRLO0

 08:54:44
 17th July 2024               189                         143                      XLON           00164263509TRLO0

 08:32:51
 17th July 2024               285                         143                      XLON           00164263507TRLO0

 08:32:51
 17th July 2024               345                         141.6                    XLON           00164275710TRLO0

 11:33:18
 17th July 2024               440                         141.4                    XLON           00164269089TRLO0

 09:58:03
 17th July 2024               600                         141.6                    XLON           00164277232TRLO0

 12:05:06
 17th July 2024               888                         141.6                    XLON           00164263954TRLO0

 08:39:37
 17th July 2024               965                         141.6                    XLON           00164277233TRLO0

 12:05:06
 17th July 2024               1067                        141.6                    XLON           00164263988TRLO0

 08:40:16
 17th July 2024               1379                        143                      XLON           00164263511TRLO0

 08:32:51
 17th July 2024               1799                        142.6                    XLON           00164263709TRLO0

 08:36:06
 17th July 2024               1906                        141.8                    XLON           00164272361TRLO0

 10:38:09
 17th July 2024               42129                       142.4                    XLON           00164288327TRLO0

 14:58:18

 

 

 

 

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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