Transaction in Own Shares

Wickes Group PLC

27 August 2024

 

27^th August 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:	23rd August 2024
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	54,414
Lowest price per share (pence):	159.6
Highest price per share (pence):	163.60
Weighted average price per day (pence):	161.0842

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Including the above purchases, Wickes has purchased a total of 16,808,128 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 242,829,870. 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 242,829,870. 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	161.0842	54,414	159.6	163.6

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
23rd August 2024 09:17:10	1620	160	XLON	00165809329TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:25:40	50	160	XLON	00165809782TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:25:40	484	160	XLON	00165809783TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:25:40	1299	160	XLON	00165809784TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:27:34	1670	159.8	XLON	00165809898TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:42:39	1881	160.2	XLON	00165810745TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:42:48	1685	160	XLON	00165810755TRLO0
23rd August 2024 09:51:46	1720	159.8	XLON	00165811163TRLO0
23rd August 2024 10:12:51	1725	159.6	XLON	00165812642TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:02:47	1828	160.2	XLON	00165818928TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:03:19	1815	160.4	XLON	00165819054TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:04:27	1698	160.2	XLON	00165819170TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:05:21	1730	160	XLON	00165819252TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:11:18	1750	160.2	XLON	00165819571TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:15:20	1776	160.2	XLON	00165819861TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:25:40	1852	160.4	XLON	00165820434TRLO0
23rd August 2024 12:33:40	1725	160.4	XLON	00165820874TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:13:28	1844	161	XLON	00165822956TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:30:46	1720	161	XLON	00165823812TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:30:50	1879	161	XLON	00165823818TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:31:59	1763	161	XLON	00165823869TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:37:33	1708	160.8	XLON	00165824179TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:37:37	1663	160.6	XLON	00165824182TRLO0
23rd August 2024 13:45:28	1881	160.2	XLON	00165824553TRLO0
23rd August 2024 14:30:02	1805	161.2	XLON	00165827221TRLO0
23rd August 2024 14:50:27	1581	161.2	XLON	00165829163TRLO0
23rd August 2024 15:50:30	1375	163	XLON	00165835650TRLO0
23rd August 2024 15:50:30	258	163	XLON	00165835651TRLO0
23rd August 2024 15:51:07	629	162.4	XLON	00165835688TRLO0
23rd August 2024 16:06:09	10000	163.6	XLON	00165837131TRLO0

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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