REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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02/09/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 3891C  Wickes Group PLC  02 September 2024

2(nd) September 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:                        30 August 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     50,629
 Lowest price per share (pence):          169.9000
 Highest price per share (pence):         170.6000
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  169.9800

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 17,029,519
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 242,608,479 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 242,608,479. 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   169.98                             50,629             169.9                       170.6

 

 

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
 30(th) August 2024 09:04:49  25000                       169.9                    XLON           00097148379ORLO0
 30(th) August 2024 11:25:00  20000                       170                      XLON           00097148379ORLO0
 30(th) August 2024 13:31:08  902                         170.6                    XLON           00097177426ORLO0
 30(th) August 2024 13:39:54  4727                        170.2                    XLON           00097148379ORLO0

 

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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