REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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05/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 0532Z  Wickes Group PLC  05 August 2024

5(th) August 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:                        2(nd) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     57,456
 Lowest price per share (pence):          153.0
 Highest price per share (pence):         156.2
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  154.5810

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,311,096
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 243,326,902. 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 243,326,902. 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   154.5810                           57,456             153.0                       156.2

 

 

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
 2(nd) August 2024 08:10:04   1957                        153.6                    XLON           00164959638TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 08:39:07   1272                        154                      XLON           00164964811TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 08:39:07   688                         154                      XLON           00164964812TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 08:42:17   533                         154                      XLON           00164965277TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 08:54:32   1336                        154                      XLON           00164967223TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:00:58   1798                        154.8                    XLON           00164976414TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:11:09   1559                        154.6                    XLON           00164978227TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:11:09   288                         154.6                    XLON           00164978228TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:11:11   2000                        154.6                    XLON           00164978242TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:30:08   1300                        154.6                    XLON           00164980789TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:30:16   125                         154.6                    XLON           00164980830TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:30:38   208                         154.6                    XLON           00164980898TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:42:10   210                         154.6                    XLON           00164982309TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:42:31   1700                        154.2                    XLON           00164982388TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 10:42:31   1844                        154.4                    XLON           00164982390TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 11:35:19   1927                        155.6                    XLON           00164988818TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:11:23   1782                        156.2                    XLON           00164992662TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:15:13   1954                        155.8                    XLON           00164992993TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:25:10   273                         155.6                    XLON           00164993912TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:26:25   1441                        155.6                    XLON           00164994041TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:28:45   2016                        155.6                    XLON           00164994226TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:40:07   44                          155.6                    XLON           00164995393TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 12:59:34   1848                        155.8                    XLON           00164997090TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:29:51   504                         155.8                    XLON           00164999916TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:30:03   1238                        155.8                    XLON           00164999953TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:30:21   1877                        155.6                    XLON           00165000079TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:31:43   1082                        155.8                    XLON           00165000538TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:31:43   962                         155.8                    XLON           00165000539TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:36:01   762                         155.4                    XLON           00165001589TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:36:01   579                         155.4                    XLON           00165001590TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:36:01   371                         155.4                    XLON           00165001591TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:37:56   1874                        154.8                    XLON           00165002165TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:38:20   1755                        154.2                    XLON           00165002268TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:49:31   1778                        154                      XLON           00165003820TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:49:46   1753                        153.8                    XLON           00165003842TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:50:35   1976                        153.6                    XLON           00165003959TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:50:38   1747                        153.6                    XLON           00165003966TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:51:11   1993                        154                      XLON           00165004017TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:51:33   1573                        154                      XLON           00165004048TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:51:59   478                         154                      XLON           00165004119TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:52:23   1739                        153.8                    XLON           00165004202TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 13:58:01   1734                        153.6                    XLON           00165004905TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 14:00:44   645                         153.4                    XLON           00165005272TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 14:00:44   1214                        153.4                    XLON           00165005273TRLO0
 2(nd) August 2024 14:01:55   1719                        153                      XLON           00165005452TRLO0

 

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680426

holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk (mailto:holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk) 0

 

Lucy Legh, Will Smith

Headland - PR Adviser to the Company

+44 (0) 0203 805 4822

wickes@headlandconsultancy.com

 

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