Purchase of Own Shares

RNS Number : 3275V

Victoria PLC

09 August 2022

 

For Immediate Release    9 August 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 'Group')

Purchase of Own Shares

The Company announces that it has purchased 100,000 of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a weighted average price of 385.507 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 11,685,190 Ordinary Shares.

Aggregated information:

Date of purchase	8 August 2022
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	100,000
Highest price paid per share	391.40p
Lowest price paid per share	376.68p
Volume weighted average price paid	385.51p

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
27,500	376.68p	16:22:25	AIMX
25,000	388.00p	15:41:06	AIMX
5,000	391.00p	15:24:45	AIMX
20,000	390.00p	15:09:57	AIMX
12,500	386.00p	14:56:04	AIMX
5,000	391.40p	10:06:39	AIMX
5,000	391.00p	09:35:13	AIMX

The repurchased shares will be held in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Victoria holds 8,915,685 of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 116,548,982 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 Michael Scott, Group Finance Director. For more information contact: Victoria PLC Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive Michael Scott, Group Finance Director [phone] Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, Alex Bond [phone] 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 [phone] [phone] [phone] 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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