REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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06/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 2569Z  Wickes Group PLC  06 August 2024

6(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:                        5(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     55,672
 Lowest price per share (pence):          146.0
 Highest price per share (pence):         150.8
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  148.1927

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,366,768
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 243,271,230. 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 243,271,230. 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   148.1927                           55,672             146.0                       150.8

 

 

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
 5(th) August 2024 08:08:38   1573                        148.2                    XLON           00165059273TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:08:38   64                          148.2                    XLON           00165059272TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:08:38   61                          148.2                    XLON           00165059271TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:11:12   521                         147.4                    XLON           00165060579TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:11:12   1160                        147.4                    XLON           00165060580TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:11:14   1887                        146.6                    XLON           00165060591TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:11:14   53                          146.6                    XLON           00165060594TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:11:38   1754                        146.2                    XLON           00165060838TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:26:10   1524                        147.6                    XLON           00165066470TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:26:10   343                         147.6                    XLON           00165066471TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:51:10   1620                        148.4                    XLON           00165073929TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 08:51:10   264                         148.4                    XLON           00165073930TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:08:19   1931                        148.2                    XLON           00165077972TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:14:35   164                         147.8                    XLON           00165079335TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:16:32   68                          147.8                    XLON           00165079746TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:41:20   1100                        148.8                    XLON           00165083834TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:41:20   639                         148.8                    XLON           00165083835TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:53:41   1702                        148.6                    XLON           00165085849TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 09:54:43   1872                        148                      XLON           00165085978TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 10:01:07   8                           147.8                    XLON           00165087137TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 10:05:21   1892                        147.8                    XLON           00165088474TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 10:40:24   1894                        148                      XLON           00165095955TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 10:40:25   14                          148                      XLON           00165095957TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 10:47:32   50                          148                      XLON           00165097392TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 10:51:32   19                          148                      XLON           00165098083TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 11:23:21   1961                        148.6                    XLON           00165102902TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 11:28:37   1946                        148                      XLON           00165103643TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 11:54:00   417                         147.6                    XLON           00165107213TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 11:54:00   1304                        147.6                    XLON           00165107214TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 12:25:55   1700                        147.6                    XLON           00165111011TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 12:40:37   1937                        147                      XLON           00165113275TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 12:48:55   1902                        146.6                    XLON           00165114649TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 12:57:32   68                          146.2                    XLON           00165116235TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 13:23:36   1700                        146.4                    XLON           00165120010TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 13:23:36   199                         146.4                    XLON           00165120011TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 13:31:24   1982                        146                      XLON           00165121656TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 13:54:58   1781                        146.8                    XLON           00165126595TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 14:34:18   1989                        147.4                    XLON           00165134387TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 14:56:39   1385                        148.6                    XLON           00165145061TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 14:56:39   515                         148.6                    XLON           00165145062TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:34:28   250                         150.4                    XLON           00165157746TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:34:28   293                         150.4                    XLON           00165157747TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:34:28   1407                        150.4                    XLON           00165157748TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:44:02   1800                        150.8                    XLON           00165160028TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:44:02   30                          150.8                    XLON           00165160029TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:44:03   1714                        150.6                    XLON           00165160033TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:55:52   886                         150.2                    XLON           00165162849TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:55:52   884                         150.2                    XLON           00165162850TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:58:16   1719                        150                      XLON           00165163478TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:58:38   1810                        150                      XLON           00165163583TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:59:21   1698                        150                      XLON           00165163758TRLO0
 5(th) August 2024 15:59:40   218                         149.8                    XLON           00165163801TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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