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REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 1634B  Wickes Group PLC  21 August 2024

21(st) 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:                        20(th) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     22,100
 Lowest price per share (pence):          157.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         159.4
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  158.3471

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,687,956
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 242,950,042. 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 242,950,042. 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   158.3471                           22,100             157.6                       159.4

 

 

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
 20(th) August 2024 09:03:44  353                         159.4                    XLON           00165672297TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 09:03:44  1385                        159.4                    XLON           00165672298TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 09:31:39  575                         159                      XLON           00165674325TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 09:31:39  1218                        159                      XLON           00165674326TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 09:44:20  122                         158.4                    XLON           00165675109TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 09:44:20  1714                        158.4                    XLON           00165675110TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 10:49:06  300                         158                      XLON           00165679786TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 10:49:06  1466                        158                      XLON           00165679787TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 11:30:52  270                         157.6                    XLON           00165682542TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 12:15:14  922                         158.4                    XLON           00165684715TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 12:15:14  804                         158.4                    XLON           00165684716TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 13:40:01  143                         158.4                    XLON           00165688908TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 13:40:01  454                         158.4                    XLON           00165688909TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 13:40:01  1083                        158.4                    XLON           00165688910TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 14:18:11  900                         158                      XLON           00165691772TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 14:18:11  1109                        158                      XLON           00165691773TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 14:52:30  1751                        158.2                    XLON           00165696398TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:09:42  48                          158.2                    XLON           00165698378TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:10:03  55                          158.2                    XLON           00165698415TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:10:03  3                           158.2                    XLON           00165698416TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:11:57  79                          158.2                    XLON           00165698641TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:11:57  4                           158.2                    XLON           00165698642TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:18:08  48                          158.2                    XLON           00165699324TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:19:10  1513                        158.2                    XLON           00165699431TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:51:40  900                         158.2                    XLON           00165703208TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:51:40  54                          158.2                    XLON           00165703210TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:51:40  2                           158.2                    XLON           00165703211TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:52:39  846                         158.2                    XLON           00165703344TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:58:18  1978                        158.2                    XLON           00165704044TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:59:18  299                         158                      XLON           00165704169TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:59:18  52                          158                      XLON           00165704170TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 15:59:18  18                          158                      XLON           00165704171TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 16:03:32  700                         158                      XLON           00165704657TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 16:13:12  48                          158                      XLON           00165705843TRLO0
 20(th) August 2024 16:13:12  884                         158                      XLON           00165705844TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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