Pets at Home Group Plc has announced the purchase and subsequent cancellation of 53,531 of its Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each through HSBC Bank PLC. The shares were bought at prices ranging from 306.6 GBp to 310.8 GBp, with a volume weighted average price of 308.3 GBp per share. Following this buyback, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 475,495,102, with no shares held in treasury, resulting in the same number of total voting rights in the company.
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 transactions were executed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and ranged from 306.6 GBp to 310.8 GBp per share.
The figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders and others with notification obligations 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 provides transparency regarding the company's share buyback activities and the resulting impact on its total voting rights.