Pets at Home Group Plc has announced the purchase of 100,000 of its Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each through Deutsche Numis as part of its share buyback programme. The shares were bought at prices ranging from 304.00 GBp to 314.00 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 308.9730 GBp per share. Following the purchase, the total voting rights in the company will be 464,760,259, with no shares held in treasury.
The company provided detailed information on the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback Programme, including the number of ordinary shares purchased, transaction prices, and times of transactions. The purchased shares will be cancelled, and the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 464,760,259.
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. This announcement is in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), as it forms part of Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.