REG - Wickes Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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13/09/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 0210E  Wickes Group PLC  13 September 2024

13(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:                        12(th) September 2024
 Number of ordinary shares purchased:     52,376
 Lowest price per share (pence):          173.6
 Highest price per share (pence):         175.4
 Weighted average price per day (pence):  174.9406

 

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

 

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 17,518,576
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 242,119,422. 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 242,119,422. 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   174.9406                           52,376             173.6000                    175.4000

 

 

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
 12(th) September 2024 08:11:07  958                         174.2                    XLON           00166429211TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 08:11:07  500                         174.2                    XLON           00166429210TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 08:12:36  1575                        173.8                    XLON           00166429342TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 08:12:37  762                         173.6                    XLON           00166429343TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 08:36:38  1749                        175.4                    XLON           00166431362TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 08:39:18  1614                        175                      XLON           00166431531TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 08:58:50  140                         174.8                    XLON           00166432903TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 09:01:46  1651                        175                      XLON           00166433171TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 09:18:01  1061                        175.2                    XLON           00166434307TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 09:18:01  654                         175.2                    XLON           00166434308TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 09:22:57  1509                        175                      XLON           00166434654TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 09:25:37  1774                        175                      XLON           00166434806TRLO0
 12(th) September 2024 09:28:21  38429                       175                      XLON           00166435020TRLO0

 

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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