REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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01/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 6958M  Wickes Group PLC  01 May 2024

1(st) May 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(th) April 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     64,659
 Lowest price per share (pence):          145.4
 Highest price per share (pence):         147.2
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  146.2667

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 12,882,664
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 246,755,334. 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 246,755,334. 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   64,659                             171,857            145.4                       147.2

 

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
 30th April 2024 08:05:00     190                         146.6                    XLON           00161406167TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:09:41     1643                        146.6                    XLON           00161406691TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:09:42     1075                        146.4                    XLON           00161406692TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:09:42     928                         146.4                    XLON           00161406693TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:09:43     1828                        146.4                    XLON           00161406696TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:14:56     587                         146                      XLON           00161407214TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:19:50     1285                        146                      XLON           00161407553TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:19:53     552                         145.8                    XLON           00161407554TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:19:53     1283                        145.8                    XLON           00161407555TRLO0
 30th April 2024 08:39:15     1818                        145.8                    XLON           00161409067TRLO0
 30th April 2024 09:33:27     1900                        145.8                    XLON           00161412792TRLO0
 30th April 2024 10:11:39     1886                        146                      XLON           00161416073TRLO0
 30th April 2024 10:22:35     2019                        147                      XLON           00161416904TRLO0
 30th April 2024 10:23:35     1658                        147                      XLON           00161416963TRLO0
 30th April 2024 10:32:02     1064                        147.2                    XLON           00161417541TRLO0
 30th April 2024 10:32:02     922                         147.2                    XLON           00161417542TRLO0
 30th April 2024 11:42:13     1714                        147                      XLON           00161422762TRLO0
 30th April 2024 12:23:22     1849                        146.8                    XLON           00161425557TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:02:47     1664                        147                      XLON           00161427767TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:03:13     1997                        147                      XLON           00161427778TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:09:31     1947                        146.8                    XLON           00161428092TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:27:49     1760                        146.4                    XLON           00161429008TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:41:10     1828                        146.4                    XLON           00161429987TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:43:04     1962                        146.2                    XLON           00161430151TRLO0
 30th April 2024 13:53:15     1898                        146.2                    XLON           00161430724TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:01:49     1957                        146                      XLON           00161431198TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:19:53     591                         146.2                    XLON           00161432374TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:22:49     1245                        146.2                    XLON           00161432587TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:41:23     27                          146                      XLON           00161435709TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:49:28     1905                        146                      XLON           00161436654TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:50:22     516                         145.8                    XLON           00161436782TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:52:45     250                         145.8                    XLON           00161437027TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:52:45     752                         145.8                    XLON           00161437028TRLO0
 30th April 2024 14:55:09     499                         145.8                    XLON           00161437287TRLO0
 30th April 2024 15:11:59     1882                        145.8                    XLON           00161439228TRLO0
 30th April 2024 15:11:59     23                          145.8                    XLON           00161439229TRLO0
 30th April 2024 15:31:19     779                         145.6                    XLON           00161441698TRLO0
 30th April 2024 15:38:14     1933                        146.4                    XLON           00161442555TRLO0
 30th April 2024 15:49:01     55                          146                      XLON           00161443683TRLO0
 30th April 2024 15:49:01     1967                        146                      XLON           00161443684TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:03:37     1996                        146.2                    XLON           00161445722TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:06:37     1885                        146.2                    XLON           00161446031TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:06:55     132                         145.8                    XLON           00161446091TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:06:55     1588                        145.8                    XLON           00161446092TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:16:58     1802                        145.4                    XLON           00161447484TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:21:43     655                         146                      XLON           00161448190TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:21:43     253                         146                      XLON           00161448191TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:21:43     978                         146                      XLON           00161448192TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:24:34     1745                        146                      XLON           00161448604TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:24:34     226                         146                      XLON           00161448605TRLO0
 30th April 2024 16:26:29     1761                        145.8                    XLON           00161448922TRLO0

 

 

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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