Pets at Home Group Plc has announced the purchase of 55,843 of its Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each through HSBC Bank PLC as part of its share buyback programme. The shares were bought at prices ranging from 297.4 GBp to 302.6 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 300.3 GBp per share. Following the purchase, the company will have 472,979,715 Ordinary Shares in issue with no shares held in treasury, resulting in the total voting rights in the company being 472,979,715.
The detailed information of the individual trades made by HSBC Bank PLC as part of the Share Buyback Programme has been provided in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014. The individual transactions include the number of shares purchased, transaction price per share, time of transaction, transaction reference number, and venue.
The company stated that the figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders and others with notification obligations 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.