Copenhagen, 2013-05-17 17:51 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acting under its share buyback authorization, the GN Store Nord Board of Directors initiated a share buyback program on February 21, 2013 in accordance with the provisions of the European Commission’s regulation no. 2273/2003 of December 22, 2003, also referred to as the Safe Harbor rules (announced in the Annual Report 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 February 21, 2013 and ending no later than December 31, 2013, GN intends to buy back shares for an amount of up to DKK 300 million.
The following transactions have been made under the program in the period May 7, 2013 – May 17, 2013:
| No. of shares | Average purchase price, DKK | Transaction Value, DKK | |
| May 7, 2013 | 15,243 | 109.80 | 1,673,750 |
| May 8, 2013 | 12,000 | 109.89 | 1,318,650 |
| May 13, 2013 | 7,500 | 114.86 | 861,443 |
| May 14, 2013 | 19,114 | 115.26 | 2,202,996 |
| May 15, 2013 | 30,000 | 116.12 | 3,483,501 |
| May 16, 2013 | 32,500 | 116.28 | 3,779,100 |
| May 17, 2013 | 56,000 | 114.37 | 6,404,462 |
| Accumulated under the program | 1,501,100 | 106.03 | 159,163,154 |
Following the above transactions GN owns a total of 5,673,236 own shares corresponding to 3.3% 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:
Michael Bjergby
Director – IR, Communications, CSR & Treasury
GN Store Nord A/S
Tel: +45 45 75 02 92
