REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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11/09/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 6572D  Wickes Group PLC  11 September 2024

11(th) September 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:                        10 September 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     58,827
 Lowest price per share (pence):          164.0000
 Highest price per share (pence):         173.8000
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  170.1915

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 17,411,101
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 242,226,897. 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 242,226,897. 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   170.1915                           58,827             164.0000                    173.8000

 

 

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
 10 September 2024 08:00:19   1762                        164                      XLON           00166324392TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:12:47   1289                        167.8                    XLON           00166326391TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:12:47   366                         167.8                    XLON           00166326392TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:19:23   1693                        171                      XLON           00166326933TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:23:02   1014                        170.6                    XLON           00166327216TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:23:02   641                         170.6                    XLON           00166327217TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:24:56   1679                        171.8                    XLON           00166327359TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:37:38   1477                        173.8                    XLON           00166328416TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:40:59   1559                        173.2                    XLON           00166329014TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:46:35   1608                        171.6                    XLON           00166329495TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:46:36   472                         171.4                    XLON           00166329498TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:46:49   1197                        171.4                    XLON           00166329503TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:47:12   1565                        170.6                    XLON           00166329532TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:51:01   1737                        170.8                    XLON           00166329909TRLO0
 10 September 2024 08:53:19   1708                        171                      XLON           00166330161TRLO0
 10 September 2024 09:03:23   1648                        171.2                    XLON           00166330842TRLO0
 10 September 2024 09:13:24   350                         170.2                    XLON           00166331576TRLO0
 10 September 2024 09:13:24   1135                        170.2                    XLON           00166331577TRLO0
 10 September 2024 09:18:41   25927                       169.998                  XLON           00166331921TRLO0
 10 September 2024 16:18:02   10000                       169.8                    XLON           00166367764TRLO0

 

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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