Carlsberg A/S Share Buyback Programme


Transactions during 25 February – 1 March

On 6 February 2019, Carlsberg A/S announced a share buyback programme, as described in Company Announcement No. 01/2019. The programme is carried out in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, also referred to as the Safe Harbour Regulations. According to the programme, Carlsberg A/S will repurchase B shares in two tranches at a total amount of up to DKK 4.5bn. The first tranche of up to DKK 2.5bn will take place during the period from 6 February to 9 August 2019, during which a maximum of 15 million B shares will be bought.

The following transactions were made under the share buy-back programme during 25 February – 1 March:

  Number of
shares bought
Average transaction priceAmount DKK
Accumulated, last announcement267,653 211,079,904
25 February 2019 14,872 800.89 11,910,762
26 February 2019 21,530 803.91 17,308,165
27 February 2019 70,350 794.53 55,895,129
28 February 2019 17,650 794.19 14,017,466
1 March 2019 1,310 799.77 1,047,693
Total, 25 February – 1 March 2019125,712 100,179,215
Accumulated under the programme 393,365 311,259,118
    

Transactions related to Carlsberg's incentive programmes have resulted in a net transfer of 58,057 B shares during 25 February – 1 March. These transactions were not part of the Safe Harbour programme.

With the transactions stated above, Carlsberg A/S holds a total of 434,761 own B shares, corresponding to 0.3% of the 152,556,806 issued A and B shares.

The details of each transaction made under the share buy-back programme are enclosed.

Contacts
Investor Relations:
Peter Kondrup +45 2219 1221
Iben Steiness +45 3327 1232

Media Relations:
Kasper Elbjørn +45 4179 1216
Anders Bering +45 4179 1217

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07_UK_04032019_Carlsberg share buy-back_Transactions 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2019 Appendix_07_04032019