WICKES GROUP PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

May 5, 2021

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WICKES GROUP PLC (WIX)

WICKES GROUP PLC: TR1 Notification of Major Share Interest

05-May-2021 / 11:47 GMT/BST

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Wickes Group PLC

(the 'Company')

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:			Wickes Group plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify) iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name			Pzena Investment Management, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			New York, New York, United States of America
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi:			29 April 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			4 May 2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	7.9334%			7.9334%	20,003,510
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	N/A		N/A

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect  (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (DTR5.1)		Indirect (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BL6C2002				20,003,510					7.9334%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		20,003,510					7.9334%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
N/A		N/A	N/A			N/A			N/A
N/A		N/A	N/A			N/A			N/A
N/A		N/A	N/A			N/A			N/A
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1			N/A			N/A
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash Settlement xii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A	N/A
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			N/A	N/A

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
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
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				X
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
SEE ATTACHMENT
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information xvi
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.

Place of completion	New York, New York, United States of America
Date of completion	3 May 2021

ATTACHMENT

Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC	7.9334%		7.9334%
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena International Value All Country (Ex-US) CIT (A Reliance Trust Company Collective Investment Fund)
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena International (Ex US) Focused Value Fund (DST) (sub-fund of Pzena Value Trust)
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena Global Value Fund 2 (DST) (sub-fund of Pzena Value Trust)
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena Global Value Fund (DST) (sub-fund of Pzena Value Trust)
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena Global Value Fund (sub-fund of Pzena Value Funds, Plc)
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena Global Focused Value Fund (sub-fund of Pzena Value Funds, Plc)
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena Global Focused Value Fund
Pzena Investment Management, Inc
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena International Small Cap Value Fund

For Further information please contact:                                             

Marianne Phillips

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: (44) 7552 211056

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Category Code:	HOL
TIDM:	WIX
LEI Code:	213800IEX9ZXJRAOL133
OAM Categories:	2.3. Major shareholding notifications
Sequence No.:	103242
EQS News ID:	1192872

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