REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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07/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 4341Z  Wickes Group PLC  07 August 2024

7(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:                        6(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     31,924
 Lowest price per share (pence):          146.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         152.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  148.8674

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,398,692
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 243,239,306. 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 243,239,306. 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   148.8674                           31,924             146.6                       152.0

 

 

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
 6(th) August 2024 08:10:37   1251                        152                      XLON           00165183691TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:10:50   426                         152                      XLON           00165183728TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:12:19   751                         151.6                    XLON           00165184008TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:12:19   982                         151.6                    XLON           00165184009TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:13:06   1744                        151                      XLON           00165184163TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:14:41   1033                        150.6                    XLON           00165184492TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:14:41   854                         150.6                    XLON           00165184493TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:26:11   394                         150.2                    XLON           00165186781TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 08:26:11   1404                        150.2                    XLON           00165186783TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 09:16:24   1833                        150.2                    XLON           00165193211TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 09:46:47   800                         149.6                    XLON           00165196080TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 09:46:47   835                         149.6                    XLON           00165196082TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:03:22   1100                        149.2                    XLON           00165197899TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:03:22   758                         149.2                    XLON           00165197900TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:13:39   761                         148.6                    XLON           00165199645TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:13:39   1107                        148.6                    XLON           00165199646TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:21:30   1646                        148.2                    XLON           00165200406TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:30:01   1                           148.2                    XLON           00165201126TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:40:58   30                          148.2                    XLON           00165202009TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:41:08   1                           148.2                    XLON           00165202030TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:41:22   400                         148.2                    XLON           00165202049TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 10:41:36   300                         148.2                    XLON           00165202091TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 11:04:59   917                         148.2                    XLON           00165204271TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 12:34:39   414                         148                      XLON           00165211369TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 12:46:03   1024                        148                      XLON           00165212244TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 12:46:03   303                         148                      XLON           00165212245TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 13:32:51   800                         147.4                    XLON           00165215430TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 13:32:51   821                         147.4                    XLON           00165215431TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 15:36:15   400                         147.4                    XLON           00165232232TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 15:39:39   332                         147.4                    XLON           00165232749TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 16:10:46   922                         147.4                    XLON           00165237866TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 16:16:03   99                          147.2                    XLON           00165238875TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 16:16:03   1561                        147.2                    XLON           00165238876TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 13:40:53   1898                        147                      XLON           00165216153TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 16:22:18   1790                        147                      XLON           00165239848TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 15:11:47   484                         146.8                    XLON           00165228285TRLO0
 6(th) August 2024 16:28:46   1748                        146.6                    XLON           00165240873TRLO0

 

 

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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