Copenhagen, 2015-02-18 20:26 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acting under its share buyback authorization, the GN Store Nord board of directors initiated a share buyback program on November 6, 2014 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 (company announcement no. 43 of November 5, 2014).
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 November 6, 2014 and ending no later than March 19, 2015, GN intends to buy back shares for an amount of up to DKK 500 million.
The following transactions have been made under the program in the period February 10, 2015 - February 18, 2015:
| No. of shares | Average purchase price, DKK | Transaction Value, DKK | |
| February 10, 2015 | 45,000 | 154.07 | 6,933,033 |
| February 11, 2015 | 44,660 | 154.90 | 6,917,655 |
| February 12, 2015 | 32,130 | 155.11 | 4,983,745 |
| February 13, 2015 | 55,000 | 155.85 | 8,571,492 |
| February 16, 2015 | 43,620 | 151.66 | 6,615,296 |
| February 17, 2015 | 30,000 | 150.48 | 4,514,460 |
| February 18, 2015 | 65,000 | 150.87 | 9,806,414 |
| Accumulated under the program | 2,629,009 | 138.40 | 363,847,766 |
Following the above transactions GN owns a total of 9,894,484 own shares corresponding to 5.9% 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
VP – IR, Communications, CSR & Treasury
GN Store Nord A/S
Tel: +45 45 75 02 92
