REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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03/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 0532N  Wickes Group PLC  03 May 2024

3(rd) 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:                        2(nd) May 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     174,699
 Lowest price per share (pence):          141.1
 Highest price per share (pence):         143.2
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  142.1122

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 13,119,872
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 246,518,126. 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 246,518,126. 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   142.1122                           174,699            141.4                       143.2

 

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
 2(nd) May 2024 08:21:11      1824                        143.2                    XLON           00161502822TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:21:38      1890                        143                      XLON           00161502836TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:21:56      1923                        143                      XLON           00161502848TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:23:30      627                         143                      XLON           00161502935TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:23:30      1379                        143                      XLON           00161502936TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:24:31      1427                        142                      XLON           00161503017TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:24:31      320                         142                      XLON           00161503016TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 08:25:07      1944                        142.8                    XLON           00161503051TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 09:03:02      1193                        142.8                    XLON           00161505707TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 09:03:02      587                         142.8                    XLON           00161505706TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 09:35:02      2027                        142.8                    XLON           00161507749TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 09:46:36      1148                        142.4                    XLON           00161508352TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 09:46:36      722                         142.4                    XLON           00161508351TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 09:47:04      1050                        141.4                    XLON           00161508372TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 10:18:11      1754                        141.8                    XLON           00161510947TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 10:24:38      95000                       142.4                    XLON           00161511494TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 11:39:37      42000                       141.48                   XLON           00161517065TRLO0
 2(nd) May 2024 12:17:47      17884                       141.5                    XLON           00161519890TRLO0

 

 

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

 

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

 

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