TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME


On 9 February, PANDORA initiated a share buy-back programme, cf. Company announcement no. 281. The share buyback programme is executed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) no 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 and from 3 July 2016 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation). 

The purpose of the programme is to reduce PANDORAs share capital and to meet obligations arising from employee share option programmes.

Under the programme PANDORA will buy back shares for an amount up to DKK 4,000 million in the period from 9 February to 31 December 2016.

The following transactions have been made under the programme:

  Number of
shares
Average purchase price, DKK Transaction value, DKK
Accumulated, latest announcement 2,975,984   2,617,934,067
15 August 2016 13,109 882.91 11,574,099
16 August 2016 51,084 866.20 44,248,838
17 August 2016 40,325 848.69 34,223,577
18 August 2016 500 854.00 427,000
19 August 2016 982 861.98 846,465
Accumulated under the programme 3,081,984   2,709,254,046

With the transactions stated above, PANDORA owns a total of 3,570,674 treasury shares, corresponding to 3.1% of the Company’s share capital.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, all transactions related to the share buyback programme are presented in detailed form in the spread sheet attached to this Company Announcement.

ABOUT PANDORA
PANDORA designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished and contemporary jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. PANDORA jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through approximately 8,900 points of sale, including more than 1,900 concept stores. 

Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, PANDORA employs more than 17,800 people worldwide of whom approximately 12,000 are located in Gemopolis, Thailand, where the Company manufactures its jewellery. PANDORA is publicly listed on the NASDAQ Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark. In 2015, PANDORA’s total revenue was DKK 16.7 billion (approximately EUR 2.2 billion).

CONTACT
For more information, please contact: 

INVESTOR RELATIONS                            
Magnus Thorstholm Jensen
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations

+45 3050 4402
mtje@pandora.net
MEDIA RELATIONS
Kristian Lysgaard
Director, Group Communications
+45 2556 8561
krly@pandora.net

Brian Granberg
Investor Relations Officer

+45 6178 4884
brgr@pandora.net
 

 


Attachments

Appendix_Company Announcement_No_324.xlsx Appendix_Company Announcement_No_324.pdf PANDORA_Company Announcement_No_324_UK.pdf