Transactions under share buyback programme

Company announcement no. 1 2016/17


Allerød, 2016-04-08 08:55 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Matas resolved on 19 November 2015 to initiate a share buyback programme in accordance with the provisions of EU Commission regulation no. 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003, normally referred to as the "Safe Harbor" rules. See company announcement no. 16 dated 19 November 2015.

The programme, which was initiated with a view to cancelling the shares bought back, amounts to DKK 125 million and runs from and including 19 November 2015 through 18 May 2016 at the latest.

Under the share buyback programme, the following transactions have been made during the period 1 April 2016 – 7 April 2016:

 

Trading day Number of shares Average purchase price, DKK Transaction value, DKK
       
1 April 2016            5,000  133.03  665,150
4 April 2016            6,000  133.35  800,100
5 April 2016            6,000  133.08  798,480
6 April 2016            6,000  133.20  799,200
7 April 2016            7,000  132.88  930,160
       
Accumulated the last 5 trading days 30,000                 133.10 3,993,090
Accumulated under the program 780,763                 127.46 99,518,203

 

Following the transactions, Matas has purchased a total number of 780,763 shares since 19 November 2015 and holds 1,075,693 treasury shares, equivalent to 2.67% of the company's total share capital.

 

Please address any questions to Søren Mølbak, Head of Investor Relations, at tel +45 48 1655 48.

 

 

 

Matas A/S

 

 

 

 


Attachments

Matas #1 share buy back 0804 2016.docx.pdf