REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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19/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 8323A  Wickes Group PLC  19 August 2024

19(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:                        16(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     22,102
 Lowest price per share (pence):          157.2
 Highest price per share (pence):         158.6
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  158.0350

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,653,142
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 242,984,856. 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 242,984,856. 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   158.0350                           22,102             157.2                       158.6

 

 

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
 16(th) August 2024 08:25:16  1826                        158.2                    XLON           00165577819TRLO0
 16th August 2024 10:42:29    1658                        158.6                    XLON           00165586311TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 11:00:36  1866                        158.4                    XLON           00165587585TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 11:40:28  500                         158.2                    XLON           00165589855TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 11:40:28  1481                        158.2                    XLON           00165589856TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:03:13  1500                        158                      XLON           00165591304TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:03:15  491                         158                      XLON           00165591306TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:28:27  723                         157.8                    XLON           00165592778TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:28:27  997                         157.8                    XLON           00165592779TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:55:05  49                          157.6                    XLON           00165594398TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:55:05  1729                        157.6                    XLON           00165594399TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 12:57:40  48                          157.4                    XLON           00165594536TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 13:15:25  631                         157.4                    XLON           00165595480TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 13:15:25  1312                        157.4                    XLON           00165595481TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 13:39:50  1693                        157.2                    XLON           00165597313TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 15:33:59  1941                        158.2                    XLON           00165608990TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 15:42:23  1766                        158.2                    XLON           00165609970TRLO0
 16(th) August 2024 16:14:58  1891                        158.6                    XLON           00165614302TRLO0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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