REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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08/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 6229Z  Wickes Group PLC  08 August 2024

8(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:                        7(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     33,841
 Lowest price per share (pence):          149.2
 Highest price per share (pence):         151.4
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  150.3331

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,432,533
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 243,205,465. 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 243,205,465. 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   150.3331                           33,841             149.2                       151.4

 

 

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
 7(th) August 2024 11:48:19   1744                        150.2                    XLON           00165267319TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 11:48:25   115                         150.2                    XLON           00165267325TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 11:48:49   27                          150                      XLON           00165267360TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:00:22   29                          150.6                    XLON           00165267967TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:00:22   522                         150.6                    XLON           00165267968TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:00:22   1303                        150.6                    XLON           00165267969TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:03:35   1965                        150.8                    XLON           00165268153TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:05:00   107                         151.2                    XLON           00165268211TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:05:00   1541                        151.2                    XLON           00165268212TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:06:39   1000                        151                      XLON           00165268303TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:07:56   66                          151                      XLON           00165268389TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:07:56   561                         151                      XLON           00165268390TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:40:12   49                          151                      XLON           00165270299TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:40:12   1875                        151                      XLON           00165270300TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 12:48:40   1634                        151.4                    XLON           00165270766TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:03:09   1000                        151                      XLON           00165271552TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:03:12   318                         151                      XLON           00165271569TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:03:12   518                         151                      XLON           00165271570TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:06:28   1726                        150.8                    XLON           00165271843TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:08:14   1621                        150.4                    XLON           00165271958TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:08:59   145                         150.4                    XLON           00165271999TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:18:10   1765                        150.2                    XLON           00165272614TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:22:11   1772                        149.8                    XLON           00165272892TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:40:04   205                         149.4                    XLON           00165273945TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 13:40:04   1691                        149.4                    XLON           00165273946TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:00:37   53                          149.4                    XLON           00165282574TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:01:42   386                         149.4                    XLON           00165282768TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:17:21   563                         149.4                    XLON           00165284956TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:17:21   95                          149.4                    XLON           00165284957TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:17:22   53                          149.4                    XLON           00165284958TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:19:06   332                         149.4                    XLON           00165285310TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:19:06   263                         149.4                    XLON           00165285311TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:30:01   1200                        149.2                    XLON           00165287012TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 15:30:01   518                         149.2                    XLON           00165287013TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 16:16:35   1943                        149.8                    XLON           00165294154TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 16:21:47   40                          149.8                    XLON           00165295051TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 16:21:47   1595                        149.8                    XLON           00165295052TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 16:27:54   1707                        149.6                    XLON           00165295918TRLO0
 7(th) August 2024 11:48:16   1794                        150.8                    XLON           00165267316TRLO0

 

 

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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