Pets at Home Group Plc has disclosed the purchase of 150,000 of its Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each through Deutsche Numis as part of its share buyback program. The shares were bought at prices ranging from 280.80 GBp to 289.00 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 285.3147 GBp per share. Following the purchase, the company will have 464,055,259 Ordinary Shares in issue, with no shares held in treasury, resulting in the total voting rights in the company being 464,055,259.
The company has provided detailed information on the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback Programme, in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014. The disclosed information includes the number of ordinary shares purchased, transaction prices, and the time of each transaction.
This announcement serves as a notification for shareholders and others with notification obligations to use the total number of voting rights as the denominator for the calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.