REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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12/09/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 8350D  Wickes Group PLC  12 September 2024

12(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:                        11 September 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     55,099
 Lowest price per share (pence):          171.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         174.8
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  173.2618

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 17,466,200
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 242,171,798. 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 242,171,798. 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   173.2618                           55,099             171.6000                    174.8000

 

 

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
 11(th) September 2024 08:08:10  52                          173.2                    XLON           00166375720TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:08:10  1508                        173.2                    XLON           00166375721TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:17:55  1729                        173                      XLON           00166376586TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:17:57  984                         172.6                    XLON           00166376590TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:17:57  581                         172.6                    XLON           00166376591TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:18:05  1650                        172.2                    XLON           00166376600TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:27:33  1629                        172.2                    XLON           00166377213TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 08:45:53  1761                        173.4                    XLON           00166378699TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 09:14:57  1505                        174.8                    XLON           00166381245TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 09:14:58  1554                        174.4                    XLON           00166381246TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 10:19:09  1585                        174.8                    XLON           00166387074TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 10:23:32  1294                        174.8                    XLON           00166387505TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 10:23:32  276                         174.8                    XLON           00166387506TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 10:25:56  1632                        174.8                    XLON           00166387676TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 11:55:28  1702                        174.8                    XLON           00166393905TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 11:56:31  1577                        174.6                    XLON           00166393997TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:04:31  1555                        174.4                    XLON           00166394498TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:04:32  701                         174.2                    XLON           00166394501TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:04:38  1050                        174.2                    XLON           00166394508TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:09:50  1668                        173.8                    XLON           00166394825TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:10:00  1648                        173.6                    XLON           00166394838TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:26:06  441                         173.6                    XLON           00166395845TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 12:26:06  1321                        173.6                    XLON           00166395846TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:01:16  1514                        173.4                    XLON           00166398255TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:19:37  1503                        173.4                    XLON           00166399407TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:23:06  1759                        172.6                    XLON           00166399575TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:31:55  1720                        172.4                    XLON           00166400422TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:31:57  1758                        172.2                    XLON           00166400444TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:41:29  421                         173                      XLON           00166401564TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 13:41:29  1205                        173                      XLON           00166401565TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 14:36:09  1639                        173.4                    XLON           00166406489TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 14:42:55  1638                        173.4                    XLON           00166407378TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 14:42:55  107                         173.4                    XLON           00166407379TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 14:42:59  1507                        173.2                    XLON           00166407388TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 14:54:46  143                         173                      XLON           00166408817TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 14:54:46  1623                        173                      XLON           00166408818TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:00:13  200                         172.8                    XLON           00166409438TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:00:13  1403                        172.8                    XLON           00166409439TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:07:31  1454                        172.2                    XLON           00166410339TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:14:47  1102                        171.8                    XLON           00166411086TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:26:21  5000                        171.6                    XLON           00166412843TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:00:13  200                         172.8                    XLON           00166409438TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:00:13  1403                        172.8                    XLON           00166409439TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:07:31  1454                        172.2                    XLON           00166410339TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:14:47  1102                        171.8                    XLON           00166411086TRLO0
 11(th) September 2024 15:26:21  5000                        171.6                    XLON           00166412843TRLO0

 

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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