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REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 4933B  Wickes Group PLC  23 August 2024

23(rd) 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:                        22(nd) August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     43,764
 Lowest price per share (pence):          158.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         160.6
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  159.6403

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,753,714
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 242,884,284. 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 242,884,284. 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   159.6403                           43,764             158.6                       160.6

 

 

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
 22(nd) August 2024  08:42:36   15                          160.6                    XLON           00165759556TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  08:42:39   1500                        160.6                    XLON           00165759560TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  08:42:39   324                         160.6                    XLON           00165759561TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  08:43:12   881                         160.2                    XLON           00165759592TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  08:43:12   1051                        160.2                    XLON           00165759593TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  08:48:02   1946                        159.8                    XLON           00165759812TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  09:33:51   236                         159.6                    XLON           00165764145TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  09:33:54   1594                        159.6                    XLON           00165764149TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  10:12:08   205                         159.6                    XLON           00165767451TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  10:31:31   1315                        159.6                    XLON           00165768848TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  10:31:31   205                         159.6                    XLON           00165768849TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  11:30:43   300                         159.2                    XLON           00165772536TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  12:56:10   1923                        159.6                    XLON           00165778312TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  12:56:12   1959                        160                      XLON           00165778313TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  12:56:17   1479                        160                      XLON           00165778319TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  12:56:17   193                         160                      XLON           00165778320TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  12:56:38   1730                        160                      XLON           00165778357TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  13:22:18   1901                        160                      XLON           00165780691TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  13:34:25   1801                        160                      XLON           00165781675TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  13:44:28   1795                        159.8                    XLON           00165782240TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  13:53:03   140                         159.8                    XLON           00165782686TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  13:54:22   95                          159.8                    XLON           00165782765TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  13:58:21   489                         159.8                    XLON           00165782962TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:19:19   153                         159.8                    XLON           00165784232TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:19:19   911                         159.8                    XLON           00165784233TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:20:07   82                          159.8                    XLON           00165784331TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:24:00   49                          159.8                    XLON           00165784492TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:24:00   1642                        159.8                    XLON           00165784493TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:30:03   1747                        159.8                    XLON           00165785115TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:34:43   1884                        159.8                    XLON           00165786107TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  14:49:46   1666                        159.6                    XLON           00165787641TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  15:01:53   1704                        159.6                    XLON           00165788865TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  15:07:14   1863                        159.4                    XLON           00165789355TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  15:07:23   490                         159.2                    XLON           00165789382TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  15:07:23   1180                        159.2                    XLON           00165789383TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  15:26:14   1864                        159                      XLON           00165791298TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  15:35:14   1913                        158.6                    XLON           00165792357TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  16:20:05   1713                        159                      XLON           00165797174TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  16:21:40   267                         158.6                    XLON           00165797446TRLO0
 22(nd) August 2024  16:21:40   1559                        158.6                    XLON           00165797447TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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