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WICKES GROUP PLC AGM Information 2022

May 26, 2022

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Company No. 12189061

WICKES GROUP PLC (the 'Company')

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company, duly convened and held at Jurys Inn, Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1JA on 26 May 2022, the following Resolutions were duly passed:

RESOLUTION 15 SPECIAL RESOLUTION AUTHORISING DIRECTORS TO ALLOT SECURITIES

That if Resolution 14 (directors' authority to allot shares) is passed, the directors be and they are hereby authorised pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of that Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 14 and by way of a sale of treasury shares as if section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited to:

(a) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares in connection with an offer of securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Resolution 14 by way of rights issue only) in favour of the holders of shares on the register of members at such record dates as the directors may determine where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of shares held by them on any such record dates, subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems arising under the laws of any overseas territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or by virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts or any other matter; and

(b) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of this Resolution 15) to any persons up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,298,189,

and shall expire upon the expiry of the general authority conferred by Resolution 14, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.

RESOLUTION 16 SPECIAL RESOLUTION AUTHORISING MARKET PURCHASES OF THE COMPANY'S OWN SHARES

That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of shares of £0.10 each of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the directors may from time to time determine, provided that: (a) the maximum number of shares hereby authorised to be acquired is 25,963,799 representing approximately 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 8 April 2022;

(b) the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any such share is 10 pence;

(c) the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any such share is the higher of (i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for a share in the Company as derived from The London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an share in the Company on the trading venues where the market purchases by the Company pursuant to the authority conferred by this Resolution 16 will be carried out);

(d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on 26 August 2023 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting; and

(e) the Company may make a contract to purchase its shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority, which contract will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and may purchase its ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract.

RESOLUTION 17 SPECIAL RESOLUTION - GENERAL MEETING NOTICE PERIOD

That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

Signed:

Director