Transaction in Own Shares

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

For further information please contact:

Holly Grainger

Director of Investor Relations

07341 680426

[e-mail]

Lucy Legh, Will Smith
Headland - PR Adviser to the Company
[phone]
[e-mail]

LEI: 213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133

 

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