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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       +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)                    +44 (0) 203 207 7800 
  Adrian Trimmings, Andrew Clark 
                                               +44 (0) 207 418 8900 
  Buchanan Communications (Financial PR) 
  Charles Ryland, Chris Lane, Jack Devoy       +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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