REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

WickesAnnouncement

14/05/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 5137I  Wickes Group PLC  14 May 2025

14(th) May 2025

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 Investec
Bank plc.

Ordinary Shares

 Date of purchase:                        13(th) May 2025
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     1,206
 Lowest price per share (pence):          204.00
 Highest price per share (pence):         206.00
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  204.8420

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 2,014,170
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 240,052,129 shares.  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 240,052,129.  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   204.8420                           1,206              204.00                      206.00

 

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 Investec 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
 13 May 2025 08:00:11                                    384                                                  204.00                       XLON           00335811318TRLO1
 13 May 2025 08:01:35                                    419                                                  204.50                       XLON           00335812175TRLO1
 13 May 2025 08:09:55                                    403                                                  206.00                       XLON           00335816389TRLO1

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680 426

Holly.grainger@wickes.co.uk

 

Lucy Legh, Will Smith

Headland - PR Adviser to the Company

+44 (0) 0203 805 4822

wickes@headlandconsultancy.com

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

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