Transactions in connection with share buyback program


Copenhagen, 2012-03-30 18:02 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acting under its share buyback authorization, the GN Store Nord Board of Directors initiated a share buyback program on January 13, 2012 in accordance with the provisions of the European Commission’s regulation no 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003, also referred to as the Safe Harbor rules (Company announcement no. 3 of January 13, 2012).

The share buyback program has been initiated in order to reduce the company’s share capital. Under the share buyback program which is running from January 13, 2012 and ending no later than December 31, 2012, GN intends to buy back shares in the company for an amount of up to DKK 1.3 billion. At the Annual General Meeting on March 22, 2012, the GN Store Nord Board of Directors was granted authorization to acquire up to 20% of the share capital.

The following transactions have been made under the program in the period March 22 – March 30, 2012:

  No. of shares Average purchase price, DKK Transaction Value, DKK
March 22, 2012 161,889 58.55 9,477,872
March 23, 2012 155,000 58.19 9,019,373
March 26, 2012 185,000 60.05 11,108,492
March 27, 2012 195,084 60.26 11,756,250
March 28, 2012 208,112 60.25 12,538,124
March 29, 2012 200,000 59.14 11,828,600
March 30, 2012 160,000 59.59 9,534,880
Accumulated under the program 8,659,422 59.25 513,076,367

 

Following the above transactions, GN owns a total of 23,507,781 own shares corresponding to 11.3% of the company’s total share capital. Every seventh trading day GN will announce the number and value of repurchased shares in company announcements to NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.

 

For further information, please contact:


Mikkel Danvold
VP, IR & Communications

GN Store Nord A/S
Tel: +45 45 75 02 71


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