Purchase of Own Shares

RNS Number : 4517B
Victoria PLC
03 October 2022
 

For Immediate Release                                                                                                     3 October 2022

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR. 

 

Victoria PLC

('Victoria' or the 'Company')

Purchase of Own Shares

The Company announces that it has purchased 75,000 of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a weighted average price of 447.4437 pence per share (the "Share Purchase") pursuant to the authorities obtained at the Company's last annual general meeting to make market purchases up to a maximum aggregate of 17,444,847 Ordinary Shares.

 

Aggregated information:

Date of purchase

30 September 2022

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

75,000

Highest price paid per share

449.331p

Lowest price paid per share

445.00p

Volume weighted average price paid

447.4437 p

 

Transaction details:

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a detailed breakdown of individual trades is available below:

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

Transaction price (GBp)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

25,000

449.331p

16:25:19

AIMX

25,000

445.00p

15:00:32

AIMX

25,000

448.00p

14:42:02

AIMX

 

The repurchased shares will be held in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Victoria holds 10,089,185 of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 115,375,482 Ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure may be used by shareholders 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

 

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Brian Morgan, Chief Financial Officer.

 

For more information contact:

Victoria PLC

Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman

Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive

Brian Morgan, Chief Financial Officer

+44 (0) 1562 749 610

 

Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Alex Bond

 

 

+44 (0) 207 496 3095

Berenberg (Joint Broker)

Ben Wright, Richard Bootle

 

Peel Hunt (Joint Broker)

Adrian Trimmings, Andrew Clark

 

Buchanan Communications (Financial PR)

Charles Ryland, Chris Lane, Jack Devoy

+44 (0) 203 207 7800

 

+44 (0) 207 418 8900

 

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 

About Victoria

Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Group, which is headquartered in Kidderminster, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories.

 

Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs approximately 6,500 people across 30 sites. Victoria is the UK's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions. 

 

The Group's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is focused on consistently increasing earnings and cash flow per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth. (Further information about Victoria can be found on its website, www.victoriaplc.com.)

 


 

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