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WICKES GROUP PLC (WIX)
05-May-2021 / 11:47 GMT/BST
Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Wickes Group PLC
(the 'Company')
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
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NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i
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1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:
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Wickes Group plc
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
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Non-UK issuer
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify) iii:
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
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Name
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc.
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City and country of registered office (if applicable)
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New York, New York, United States of America
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
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Name
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City and country of registered office (if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:
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29 April 2021
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):
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4 May 2021
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
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% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)
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% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
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Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)
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Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
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Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached
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7.9334%
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7.9334%
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20,003,510
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Position of previous notification (if
applicable)
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of
shares
ISIN code (if possible)
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Number of voting rights ix
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% of voting rights
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Direct
(DTR5.1)
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Indirect
(DTR5.2.1)
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Direct
(DTR5.1)
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Indirect
(DTR5.2.1)
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GB00BL6C2002
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20,003,510
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7.9334%
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SUBTOTAL 8. A
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20,003,510
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7.9334%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
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Type of financial instrument
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Expiration
date x
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Exercise/
Conversion Period xi
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is
exercised/converted.
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% of voting rights
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N/A
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N/A
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
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N/A
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N/A
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
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Type of financial instrument
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Expiration
date x
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Exercise/
Conversion Period xi
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Physical or cash
Settlement xii
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Number of voting rights
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% of voting rights
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N/A
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2
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N/A
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N/A
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
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Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii
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Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) xiv
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X
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Name xv
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% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
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% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
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Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
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SEE ATTACHMENT
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder
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The number and % of voting rights held
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The date until which the voting rights will be held
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11. Additional information xvi
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc., through its operating company Pzena Investment Management, LLC a discretionary investment manager (together "PIM") has, through its managed accounts and comingled funds, acquired a position in Wickes Group plc as a result of the recent demerger of Wickes Group plc with Travis Perkins plc, in which PIM holds a previously notified interest.
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Place of completion
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New York, New York, United States of America
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Date of completion
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3 May 2021
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ATTACHMENT
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Namexv
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% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
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% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
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Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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7.9334%
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7.9334%
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena International Value All Country (Ex-US) CIT (A Reliance Trust Company Collective Investment Fund)
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena International (Ex US) Focused Value Fund (DST) (sub-fund of Pzena Value Trust)
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena Global Value Fund 2 (DST) (sub-fund of Pzena Value Trust)
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena Global Value Fund (DST) (sub-fund of Pzena Value Trust)
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena Global Value Fund (sub-fund of Pzena Value Funds, Plc)
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena Global Focused Value Fund (sub-fund of Pzena Value Funds, Plc)
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena Global Focused Value Fund
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Pzena Investment Management, Inc
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Pzena Investment Management, LLC
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Pzena International Small Cap Value Fund
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For Further information please contact:
Marianne Phillips
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: (44) 7552 211056
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