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RNS Number : 7318E  CVS Group plc  24 October 2025

For Immediate Release
 
                                     24 October 2025

CVS GROUP plc

("CVS" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

 

Commencement of Share Buyback Programme

 

CVS, the UK listed veterinary group and a leading provider of veterinary
services, announces that it will commence a share buyback programme today to
purchase ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") and has
allocated up to £20 million to the buyback programme (the "Share Buyback
Programme").

 

The purpose of the Share Buyback Programme is to both return surplus capital
to shareholders and reduce the Group's share capital pursuant to its capital
allocation policy. As such, all Ordinary Shares repurchased by the Group under
the Share Buyback Programme will be cancelled.

 

CVS has entered into an agreement with Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG,
London Branch ("Berenberg") to purchase Ordinary Shares up to a maximum
aggregate consideration (excluding expenses) of up to £20 million under the
Share Buyback Programme. Berenberg will act as riskless principle and manage
the purchases on a non-discretionary basis, purchasing shares within certain
pre-set parameters and making its trading decisions independently of the
Company.

 

The purchase of Ordinary Shares will be carried out on the London Stock
Exchange and other trading venues. Any purchases of Ordinary Shares by the
Company will be conducted in accordance with the general authority to purchase
Ordinary Shares granted by its shareholders at the Company's Annual General
Meeting on 20 November 2024 (the "2024 Authority", or as subsequently granted
to the Directors at its Annual General Meeting in 2025). The Share Buyback
Programme will be conducted in accordance with Chapter 9 of the Financial
Conduct Authority's Listing Rules and with European Union (EU) Regulation No
596/2014 ("MAR") and the MAR buyback technical standards (Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052) (the "Technical Standards"), both of which form
part of Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018.

 

CVS will announce any market repurchases of Ordinary Shares no later than 7.30
a.m. (UK time) on the business day following the date the repurchase occurred.

 

The Share Buyback Programme is expected to be completed in Q1 of calendar year
2026.

 

Contacts

CVS Group plc
 
                                                 via
Camarco

Richard Fairman, CEO

Robin Alfonso, CFO

Paul Higgs, Chief Veterinary Officer

Charlotte Page, Head of Investor Relations

 

Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
 
     +44 (0)20 7418 8900

Christopher Golden / James Steel / Andrew Clark

 

Berenberg (Joint Broker)
 
                         +44 (0)20 3207 7800

Toby Flaux / Michael Burke / Milo Bonser / Brooke Harris-Lowing

 

Camarco (Financial
PR)
                      cvsg@camarco.co.uk

Ginny Pulbrook
 
                                    +44 (0)7961 315 138

Letaba Rimell

Tilly Butcher

 

About CVS Group plc (www.cvsukltd.co.uk)

 

CVS Group is an AIM-listed provider of veterinary services with operations in
the UK and Australia.  CVS is focused on providing high-quality clinical
services to its clients and their animals, with outstanding and dedicated
clinical teams and support colleagues at the core of its strategy.

 

The Group now operates c.470 veterinary practices across its two territories,
including specialist referral hospitals and dedicated out-of-hours sites.
Alongside the core Veterinary Practices division, CVS operates Laboratories
(providing diagnostic services to CVS and third-parties) and an online retail
business ("Animed Direct").

 

The Group employs c.8,900 personnel, including c.2,400 veterinary surgeons and
c.3,300 nurses.

 

 

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