REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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22/08/2024 07:01

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RNS Number : 3256B  Wickes Group PLC  22 August 2024

22(nd) 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:                        21(st) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     21,994
 Lowest price per share (pence):          158.2000
 Highest price per share (pence):         160.4000
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  159.4754

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,709,950
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 242,928,048. 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 242,928,048. 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   159.4754                           21,994             158.2                       160.4

 

 

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
 21(st) August 2024 08:08:36  716                         158.8                    XLON           00165714751TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 08:10:00  914                         158.8                    XLON           00165714838TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 10:00:11  436                         158.2                    XLON           00165721349TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 10:00:11  1145                        158.2                    XLON           00165721348TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 10:00:11  69                          158.2                    XLON           00165721347TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 11:06:48  57                          158.2                    XLON           00165725635TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 11:17:20  48                          158.2                    XLON           00165726129TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 11:21:49  69                          158.2                    XLON           00165726398TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 11:37:21  41                          158.2                    XLON           00165727142TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 11:52:46  100                         158.2                    XLON           00165727932TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 14:38:43  981                         158.6                    XLON           00165737565TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 14:38:43  900                         158.6                    XLON           00165737564TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 14:47:11  1864                        158.6                    XLON           00165738446TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:00:59  12                          159.4                    XLON           00165739814TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:14:53  1847                        159.6                    XLON           00165741588TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:14:53  112                         159.6                    XLON           00165741587TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:50:17  1200                        159.8                    XLON           00165745053TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:50:19  460                         159.8                    XLON           00165745060TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:50:19  93                          159.8                    XLON           00165745059TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:50:20  1515                        159.6                    XLON           00165745062TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:50:20  122                         159.6                    XLON           00165745061TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:59:15  1908                        159.6                    XLON           00165745848TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 15:59:15  41                          159.6                    XLON           00165745847TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:09:03  109                         159.6                    XLON           00165747303TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:09:20  1832                        160                      XLON           00165747375TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:11:56  1568                        160.4                    XLON           00165747797TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:11:56  367                         160.4                    XLON           00165747796TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:16:22  19                          160.4                    XLON           00165748378TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:17:16  1725                        160.4                    XLON           00165748534TRLO0
 21(st) August 2024 16:18:37  1724                        160.2                    XLON           00165748681TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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