REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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10/09/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 4955D  Wickes Group PLC  10 September 2024

10(th) 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:                        09 September 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     41,675
 Lowest price per share (pence):          164.4000
 Highest price per share (pence):         165.6000
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  165.1713

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 17,352,274
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 242,285,724. 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 242,285,724. 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   165.1713                           41,675             164.4000                    165.6000

 

 

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
 9(th) July 2024 08:06:02     1314                        164.4                    XLON           00166273909TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 08:06:02     500                         164.4                    XLON           00166273908TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 08:41:14     1418                        165.2                    XLON           00166277209TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 08:41:14     387                         165.2                    XLON           00166277208TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 09:21:55     1400                        165.2                    XLON           00166279875TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 11:06:11     1519                        165.6                    XLON           00166287149TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 14:36:38     555                         165.2                    XLON           00166303029TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 14:36:38     1108                        165.2                    XLON           00166303028TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 14:36:39     1439                        165                      XLON           00166303040TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 14:36:39     322                         165                      XLON           00166303039TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 15:21:39     1633                        165.2                    XLON           00166310456TRLO0
 9(th) July 2024 15:21:54     30080                       165.2                    XLON           00166310495TRLO0

 

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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