Pets at Home Group Plc has announced the purchase of 102,339 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 304.4 GBp to 309.2 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 307.4 GBp per share. Following the purchase, the total voting rights in the company will be 473,983,670, with no shares held in treasury.
The company provided detailed information on individual trades made by HSBC Bank PLC as part of the Share Buyback Programme, including the number of shares purchased, transaction prices per share, and the time of each transaction. The purchased shares will be cancelled, and the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 473,983,670.
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.