Pets at Home Group Plc has disclosed the purchase of 186,221 of its Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each through HSBC Bank PLC as part of its share buyback program. The shares were bought at prices ranging from 305.6 GBp to 313.6 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 308.6 GBp per share. Following the buyback, the company will have 475,007,252 Ordinary Shares in issue with none held in treasury, resulting in the same number of total voting rights in the company.
The detailed breakdown of individual transactions made by HSBC Bank PLC as part of the Share Buyback Programme has been provided. The information includes the number of shares purchased, transaction prices per share, time of transaction, transaction reference numbers, and the venue of the transactions. This data is in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
The company stated that the purchased shares will be cancelled, and the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 475,007,252 with no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 475,007,252. This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will 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.