Transactions in relation to share buyback program


Copenhagen, 2016-10-18 13:29 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acting under its share buyback authorization, the GN Store Nord board of directors initiated a share buyback program on March 11, 2016 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. 19 of March 11, 2016).

GN Store Nord’s share-buy-back program is applied without change, but shall going forward be subject to the European Parliament and of the Council’s regulation (EU) no 596/2014 of April 16, 2014, on market abuse and its ancillary acts.

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 March 11, 2016 and ending no later than March 13, 2017, GN intends to buy back shares for an amount of up to DKK 1,500 million.

The following transactions have been made under the program in the period October 11, 2016 – October 17, 2016: 

  No. of shares Average purchase price, DKK Transaction Value, DKK
   October 11, 2016 25,000 143.89 3,597,185
   October 12, 2016 106,259 142.85 15,179,396
   October 13, 2016 42,142 142.32 5,997,839
   October 14, 2016 57,795 141.89 8,200,793
   October 17, 2016 36,230 142.25 5,153,888
Accumulated under the program 3,844,685 133.11 511,764,176

Following the above transactions GN owns a total of 8,522,419 own shares corresponding to 5.5% of the company’s total share capital. Every Tuesday, GN will announce the number and value of repurchased shares in company announcements to Nasdaq Copenhagen.

For further information please contact:

Peter Justesen
VP – Investor Relations & Treasury
GN Store Nord A/S
Tel: +45 45 75 87 16


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PUBLIC_sbb_GN_STORE_NORD.pdf Announcement 64 - Transactions under share buyback program.pdf