REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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09/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 8132Z  Wickes Group PLC  09 August 2024

9(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:                        8(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     20,798
 Lowest price per share (pence):          147.8000
 Highest price per share (pence):         149.6000
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  148.7275

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,453,331
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 243,184,667. 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 243,184,667. 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   148.7275                           20,798             147.8                       149.6

 

 

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
 8(th) August 2024 08:00:51   9                           149.2                    XLON           00165303324TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 08:00:51   1627                        149.2                    XLON           00165303325TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 08:10:51   531                         148.2                    XLON           00165304627TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 08:10:51   1424                        148.2                    XLON           00165304628TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 08:15:33   1764                        148                      XLON           00165305080TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 09:26:34   1766                        147.8                    XLON           00165310713TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 12:02:07   1951                        148.4                    XLON           00165320633TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 12:18:11   1959                        148.2                    XLON           00165321804TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 14:43:39   1300                        149                      XLON           00165332932TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 14:43:39   531                         149                      XLON           00165332933TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 15:17:47   1610                        149.2                    XLON           00165338202TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 15:20:49   1665                        149                      XLON           00165338598TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:15:10   1914                        149.6                    XLON           00165346396TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:20:23   1674                        149.2                    XLON           00165347126TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:20:23   220                         149.2                    XLON           00165347127TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:21:35   312                         149.4                    XLON           00165347370TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:21:49   23                          149.4                    XLON           00165347418TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:25:10   1                           149.4                    XLON           00165347897TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:25:39   39                          149.4                    XLON           00165347971TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:29:53   303                         149.4                    XLON           00165348653TRLO0
 8(th) August 2024 16:29:53   175                         149.4                    XLON           00165348654TRLO0

 

 

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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