REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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27/08/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 6522B  Wickes Group PLC  27 August 2024

27(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:                        23rd August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     54,414
 Lowest price per share (pence):          159.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         163.60
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  161.0842

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,808,128
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 242,829,870. 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 242,829,870. 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   161.0842                           54,414             159.6                       163.6

 

 

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
 23(rd) August 2024 09:17:10  1620                        160                      XLON           00165809329TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024           50                          160                      XLON           00165809782TRLO0

 09:25:40
 23(rd) August 2024 09:25:40  484                         160                      XLON           00165809783TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 09:25:40  1299                        160                      XLON           00165809784TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 09:27:34  1670                        159.8                    XLON           00165809898TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 09:42:39  1881                        160.2                    XLON           00165810745TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 09:42:48  1685                        160                      XLON           00165810755TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 09:51:46  1720                        159.8                    XLON           00165811163TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 10:12:51  1725                        159.6                    XLON           00165812642TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:02:47  1828                        160.2                    XLON           00165818928TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:03:19  1815                        160.4                    XLON           00165819054TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:04:27  1698                        160.2                    XLON           00165819170TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:05:21  1730                        160                      XLON           00165819252TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:11:18  1750                        160.2                    XLON           00165819571TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:15:20  1776                        160.2                    XLON           00165819861TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:25:40  1852                        160.4                    XLON           00165820434TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 12:33:40  1725                        160.4                    XLON           00165820874TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:13:28  1844                        161                      XLON           00165822956TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:30:46  1720                        161                      XLON           00165823812TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:30:50  1879                        161                      XLON           00165823818TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:31:59  1763                        161                      XLON           00165823869TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:37:33  1708                        160.8                    XLON           00165824179TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:37:37  1663                        160.6                    XLON           00165824182TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 13:45:28  1881                        160.2                    XLON           00165824553TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 14:30:02  1805                        161.2                    XLON           00165827221TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 14:50:27  1581                        161.2                    XLON           00165829163TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 15:50:30  1375                        163                      XLON           00165835650TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 15:50:30  258                         163                      XLON           00165835651TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 15:51:07  629                         162.4                    XLON           00165835688TRLO0
 23(rd) August 2024 16:06:09  10000                       163.6                    XLON           00165837131TRLO0

 

 

 

 

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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