REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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16/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 6677A  Wickes Group PLC  16 August 2024

16(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:                        15(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     42,444
 Lowest price per share (pence):          156.8
 Highest price per share (pence):         159.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  157.8814

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,631,040
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 243,006,958. 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 243,006,958. 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   157.8814                           42,444             156.8                       159.0

 

 

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
 15(th) August 2024 08:43:29  1785                        159                      XLON           00165531466TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 08:43:41  2008                        158.6                    XLON           00165531477TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 08:44:59  1686                        158                      XLON           00165531563TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 09:04:41  1600                        158                      XLON           00165532839TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 09:04:41  290                         158                      XLON           00165532840TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 09:37:16  1500                        157.8                    XLON           00165534561TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 09:37:16  212                         157.8                    XLON           00165534562TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 11:50:38  296                         157.4                    XLON           00165542187TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 11:52:32  1200                        157.4                    XLON           00165542276TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 12:13:58  370                         157.4                    XLON           00165543399TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 12:48:48  235                         156.8                    XLON           00165545194TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 12:48:48  653                         156.8                    XLON           00165545195TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 13:20:12  1785                        157.2                    XLON           00165546991TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 13:53:53  1520                        158                      XLON           00165549462TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 13:53:53  208                         158                      XLON           00165549463TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 13:57:41  1174                        157.8                    XLON           00165549884TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 13:57:41  42                          157.8                    XLON           00165549885TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 13:57:47  487                         157.8                    XLON           00165549912TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:06:15  1568                        158                      XLON           00165550685TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:06:18  368                         158                      XLON           00165550687TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:10:16  1731                        157.8                    XLON           00165550965TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:10:19  145                         157.8                    XLON           00165550968TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:17:13  812                         157.8                    XLON           00165551653TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:18:48  505                         157.8                    XLON           00165551813TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:20:10  548                         157.8                    XLON           00165551897TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:31:35  1846                        157.8                    XLON           00165553434TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:31:38  98                          157.8                    XLON           00165553445TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:42:44  611                         157.8                    XLON           00165556003TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:42:47  1103                        157.8                    XLON           00165556016TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:44:35  1150                        157.8                    XLON           00165556316TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:44:38  578                         157.8                    XLON           00165556322TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:55:04  1074                        157.8                    XLON           00165557572TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 14:55:04  653                         157.8                    XLON           00165557573TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 15:03:33  1693                        157.6                    XLON           00165558734TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 15:20:29  50                          157.2                    XLON           00165560739TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:12:15  71                          158.4                    XLON           00165566346TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:12:15  1676                        158.4                    XLON           00165566347TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:12:47  1680                        158.4                    XLON           00165566400TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:14:11  1926                        158                      XLON           00165566620TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:14:12  1892                        157.8                    XLON           00165566622TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:14:14  1677                        157.6                    XLON           00165566624TRLO0
 15(th) August 2024 16:14:29  1938                        157.4                    XLON           00165566652TRLO0

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680426

holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk (mailto:holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk)

 

Lucy Legh, Will Smith

Headland - PR Adviser to the Company

+44 (0) 0203 805 4822

wickes@headlandconsultancy.com

 

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