REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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15/05/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 4316O  Wickes Group PLC  15 May 2024

15(th) 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:                        14(th) May 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     55,068
 Lowest price per share (pence):          144.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         147.4
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  146.2756

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 13,893,303
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 245,744,695. 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 245,744,695. 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   146.2756                           55,068             144.6                       147.4

 

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
 14(th) May 2024 10:11:23     1917                        145.6                    XLON           00161906193TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 10:24:38     1693                        145.2                    XLON           00161907158TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 10:24:38     416                         145.2                    XLON           00161907156TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 10:30:28     108                         144.8                    XLON           00161907634TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 10:32:39     374                         144.8                    XLON           00161907826TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 10:32:39     181                         144.8                    XLON           00161907825TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 10:32:39     1594                        144.8                    XLON           00161907824TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 11:03:58     1976                        144.6                    XLON           00161910539TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 11:46:30     1911                        145.2                    XLON           00161914360TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 11:47:00     1456                        145.2                    XLON           00161914396TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 11:47:00     690                         145.2                    XLON           00161914394TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 11:53:00     1721                        145                      XLON           00161914807TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 11:53:01     522                         145                      XLON           00161914811TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 12:44:03     260                         145.4                    XLON           00161919125TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 12:44:03     1879                        145.4                    XLON           00161919127TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 12:53:05     1177                        145.6                    XLON           00161919771TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 12:53:05     709                         145.6                    XLON           00161919770TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 12:56:32     2210                        145.6                    XLON           00161919985TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:10:49     116                         146.6                    XLON           00161920962TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:10:49     1252                        146.6                    XLON           00161920961TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:10:49     800                         146.6                    XLON           00161920960TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:12:01     954                         146.6                    XLON           00161921031TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:12:01     961                         146.6                    XLON           00161921029TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:17:29     1367                        146.2                    XLON           00161921384TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:27:01     1896                        146.6                    XLON           00161922119TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:30:07     938                         146.6                    XLON           00161922580TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:30:07     1297                        146.6                    XLON           00161922579TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:46:25     853                         147.2                    XLON           00161924526TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:46:25     1192                        147.2                    XLON           00161924525TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:48:22     1911                        146.8                    XLON           00161924725TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:58:10     901                         146.8                    XLON           00161925717TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 13:58:30     520                         146.8                    XLON           00161925756TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:17:07     1986                        147                      XLON           00161927811TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:33:15     2267                        147.2                    XLON           00161930691TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:45:27     4                           147.2                    XLON           00161933815TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:47:28     2020                        147.4                    XLON           00161934355TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:47:45     744                         147.4                    XLON           00161934441TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:47:45     1148                        147.4                    XLON           00161934440TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:52:05     1966                        147.2                    XLON           00161935256TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:53:35     2176                        147                      XLON           00161935539TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:56:19     336                         147                      XLON           00161936133TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 14:56:19     1901                        147                      XLON           00161936132TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 15:15:50     1880                        146.8                    XLON           00161940420TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 15:29:35     2095                        147                      XLON           00161943089TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 15:37:14     429                         146.8                    XLON           00161944493TRLO0
 14(th) May 2024 15:37:14     364                         146.8                    XLON           00161944494TRLO0

 

 

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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