19 July 2021
Pittards plc
("Pittards", the "Group" or the "Company")
Purchase of own shares
Further to the announcement on 11 June which outlined the Company's share buyback programme, Pittards plc (AIM: PTD), the AIM listed manufacturer of specialty leather, announces that on 16 July 2021 it purchased 10,000 of its own ordinary shares of 50p each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 56.5 pence to be held as treasury shares.
The Company now holds 964,210 Ordinary Shares in treasury, and it is anticipated that these shares will principally be used to settle LTIP obligations.
In accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR 5.6.1R) the Company hereby notifies the market that immediately following this purchase for treasury its issued share capital will remain the same and consist of 13,888,690 Ordinary Shares of which 964,210 are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 12,924,480. Shareholders may use this figure 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 FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Pittards plc |
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Stephen Yapp - Chairman Reg Hankey - Chief Executive Richard Briere - Chief Financial Officer |
01527 830 630 |
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WH Ireland (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) |
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Mike Coe (Corporate Finance) Jasper Berry (Corporate Broking) |
0207 220 1666 |