REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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02/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 9016M  Wickes Group PLC  02 May 2024

2(nd) 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:                        1(st) May 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     62,509
 Lowest price per share (pence):          140.8
 Highest price per share (pence):         145.0
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  143.1209

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 12,945,173
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 246,692,825. 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 246,692,825. 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   143.1209                           62,509             140.8                       145.0

 

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
 1(st) May 2024 08:00:13      1979                        143                      XLON           00161456634TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 08:00:31      1819                        141.6                    XLON           00161456926TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 08:00:34      1794                        141.6                    XLON           00161456937TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 08:18:41      1763                        142.4                    XLON           00161458628TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 08:19:09      1834                        142.2                    XLON           00161458652TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 08:37:18      570                         142                      XLON           00161459698TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 08:37:18      1162                        142                      XLON           00161459697TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 09:45:28      1750                        142                      XLON           00161463636TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 10:20:13      2019                        141.4                    XLON           00161466377TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 10:20:22      1988                        140.8                    XLON           00161466397TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 10:46:05      1694                        141                      XLON           00161468023TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 10:46:54      150                         141                      XLON           00161468070TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:04:49      588                         141                      XLON           00161469346TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:04:52      1009                        141                      XLON           00161469351TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:14:07      1867                        142.4                    XLON           00161469819TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:14:40      1779                        142.8                    XLON           00161469852TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:19:05      1713                        142.8                    XLON           00161470107TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:19:57      471                         142.6                    XLON           00161470153TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:19:57      988                         142.6                    XLON           00161470155TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:19:57      494                         142.6                    XLON           00161470154TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:56:33      390                         142.8                    XLON           00161472148TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 11:56:33      1310                        142.8                    XLON           00161472149TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 12:49:09      1822                        142.8                    XLON           00161475049TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 12:56:43      1905                        142.4                    XLON           00161475447TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 13:42:22      217                         142.6                    XLON           00161478025TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 13:42:22      1522                        142.6                    XLON           00161478024TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 13:48:58      1737                        142.8                    XLON           00161478306TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:02:31      1777                        143.4                    XLON           00161478956TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:39:27      98                          144                      XLON           00161482121TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:39:27      159                         144                      XLON           00161482120TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:39:27      1715                        144                      XLON           00161482119TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:40:49      1986                        144.4                    XLON           00161482235TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:43:23      1733                        145                      XLON           00161482512TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:43:39      656                         144.6                    XLON           00161482535TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:43:39      1150                        144.6                    XLON           00161482534TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 14:51:02      235                         144.2                    XLON           00161483493TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 15:20:28      1700                        144.8                    XLON           00161486790TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 15:22:49      1733                        144.6                    XLON           00161486963TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 15:31:52      1695                        145                      XLON           00161487923TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:00:01      1902                        144.8                    XLON           00161490792TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:00:33      2044                        144.4                    XLON           00161490824TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:01:29      1894                        144.4                    XLON           00161490928TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:09:27      1806                        144.6                    XLON           00161491660TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:23:12      38                          144.4                    XLON           00161493347TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:23:12      5                           144.4                    XLON           00161493346TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:23:12      858                         144.4                    XLON           00161493345TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:23:12      990                         144.4                    XLON           00161493344TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:29:02      273                         144.4                    XLON           00161494010TRLO0
 1(st) May 2024 16:29:34      1728                        144.4                    XLON           00161494094TRLO0

 

 

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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