REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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23/07/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 3570X  Wickes Group PLC  23 July 2024

23(rd) 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:                        22(nd) July 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     48,094
 Lowest price per share (pence):          142.2000
 Highest price per share (pence):         142.8000
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  142.5764

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 15,858,787
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 243,779,211. 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 243,779,211. 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   142.5764                           40,094             142.2                       142.8

 

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
 22(nd) July 2024 08:10:37    600                         142.6                    XLON           00164420627TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 08:10:37    257                         142.6                    XLON           00164420628TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 08:10:37    1149                        142.6                    XLON           00164420629TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 10:09:55    2053                        142.6                    XLON           00164430883TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 10:13:40    158                         142.4                    XLON           00164431340TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 10:13:40    1859                        142.4                    XLON           00164431341TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 10:30:25    595                         142.2                    XLON           00164432484TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 12:17:02    64                          142.6                    XLON           00164440019TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 12:17:02    1858                        142.6                    XLON           00164440020TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:12:33    1793                        142.8                    XLON           00164443274TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:12:35    1771                        142.6                    XLON           00164443276TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:12:38    2001                        142.8                    XLON           00164443289TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:12:39    1901                        142.6                    XLON           00164443290TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:12:41    811                         142.4                    XLON           00164443293TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:13:42    2046                        142.6                    XLON           00164443344TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 13:45:18    2046                        142.6                    XLON           00164443344TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 14:26:04    1741                        142.4                    XLON           00164445352TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 14:31:22    1703                        142.2                    XLON           00164448062TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 14:38:30    110                         142.2                    XLON           00164448842TRLO0
 22(nd) July 2024 14:43:23    25583                       142.6                    XLON           00164451576TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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