REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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14/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 3217A  Wickes Group PLC  14 August 2024

14(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:                        13(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     38,213
 Lowest price per share (pence):          153.0
 Highest price per share (pence):         155.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  153.9718

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,573,926
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 243,064,072. 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 243,064,072. 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   153.9718                           38,213             153.0                       155.0

 

 

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
 13(th) August 2024 08:01:12  10                          153.8                    XLON           00165435905TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 08:01:12  1625                        153.8                    XLON           00165435906TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 09:33:25  534                         153.8                    XLON           00165441257TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 09:33:25  1013                        153.8                    XLON           00165441258TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 09:33:25  252                         153.8                    XLON           00165441259TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 09:33:25  125                         153.8                    XLON           00165441260TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 09:42:14  1912                        153.6                    XLON           00165441833TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 10:41:46  1845                        153.2                    XLON           00165445383TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 11:08:32  1891                        153                      XLON           00165447210TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 11:28:25  1692                        153.2                    XLON           00165448234TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 11:31:42  1772                        153.2                    XLON           00165448422TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 11:56:19  1865                        153.2                    XLON           00165449682TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 12:02:00  1920                        153.4                    XLON           00165449960TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 13:30:34  1916                        154.6                    XLON           00165454981TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 14:00:17  1828                        155                      XLON           00165456926TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 14:12:54  1692                        154.8                    XLON           00165457535TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 14:20:33  1915                        154.4                    XLON           00165458002TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 14:56:19  1256                        154.6                    XLON           00165462834TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 14:56:19  644                         154.6                    XLON           00165462835TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 15:02:44  392                         154.4                    XLON           00165463603TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 15:06:23  1562                        154.4                    XLON           00165464051TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 15:13:10  288                         154.2                    XLON           00165464666TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 15:21:19  1348                        154.2                    XLON           00165465466TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 15:45:22  1707                        154                      XLON           00165467711TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:10:00  1738                        154.4                    XLON           00165470385TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:23:26  74                          154.4                    XLON           00165472279TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:23:26  138                         154.4                    XLON           00165472280TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:23:26  1707                        154.4                    XLON           00165472281TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:28:18  1870                        154.2                    XLON           00165472947TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:28:23  1350                        154                      XLON           00165472954TRLO0
 13(th) August 2024 16:28:24  332                         154                      XLON           00165472957TRLO0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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