In week 12, Marel hf. purchased 1,536,921 of its own shares in Nasdaq Iceland, at the purchase price of ISK 750,276,860. See further details below:
| Date | Time | No. of shares bought | Share price ISK (rate) | Purchase price (ISK) |
| 16.3.2020 | 09:30 | 50.000 | 490 | 24.500.000 |
| 16.3.2020 | 09:38 | 50.000 | 480 | 24.000.000 |
| 16.3.2020 | 09:53 | 50.000 | 480 | 24.000.000 |
| 16.3.2020 | 10:18 | 25.709 | 471 | 12.108.939 |
| 16.3.2020 | 10:18 | 10.400 | 471 | 4.898.400 |
| 16.3.2020 | 10:18 | 13.891 | 471 | 6.542.661 |
| 16.3.2020 | 11:37 | 30.000 | 473 | 14.190.000 |
| 16.3.2020 | 13:33 | 5.800 | 471 | 2.731.800 |
| 16.3.2020 | 13:46 | 7.952 | 471 | 3.745.392 |
| 16.3.2020 | 15:13 | 50.000 | 472 | 23.600.000 |
| 16.3.2020 | 15:23 | 20.000 | 472 | 9.440.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 09:30 | 3.495 | 470 | 1.642.650 |
| 17.3.2020 | 09:32 | 50.000 | 470 | 23.500.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 09:58 | 50.000 | 471 | 23.550.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 11:14 | 50.000 | 475 | 23.750.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 13:44 | 50.000 | 477 | 23.850.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 14:18 | 50.000 | 477 | 23.850.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 14:42 | 30.000 | 477 | 14.310.000 |
| 17.3.2020 | 15:08 | 30.257 | 477 | 14.432.589 |
| 18.3.2020 | 09:30 | 29.600 | 465 | 13.764.000 |
| 18.3.2020 | 09:31 | 268 | 465 | 124.620 |
| 18.3.2020 | 09:35 | 50.000 | 465 | 23.250.000 |
| 18.3.2020 | 10:18 | 20.132 | 465 | 9.361.380 |
| 18.3.2020 | 10:23 | 2.489 | 462 | 1.149.918 |
| 18.3.2020 | 10:39 | 50.000 | 470 | 23.500.000 |
| 18.3.2020 | 11:26 | 50.000 | 473 | 23.650.000 |
| 18.3.2020 | 14:47 | 50.000 | 479 | 23.950.000 |
| 18.3.2020 | 14:58 | 50.000 | 479 | 23.950.000 |
| 18.3.2020 | 15:15 | 11.263 | 477 | 5.372.451 |
| 19.3.2020 | 09:30 | 26.995 | 490 | 13.227.550 |
| 19.3.2020 | 09:40 | 63.906 | 490 | 31.313.940 |
| 19.3.2020 | 09:47 | 40.000 | 490 | 19.600.000 |
| 19.3.2020 | 11:32 | 50.000 | 495 | 24.750.000 |
| 19.3.2020 | 13:05 | 80.000 | 498 | 39.840.000 |
| 19.3.2020 | 13:42 | 21.630 | 494 | 10.685.220 |
| 20.3.2020 | 10:09 | 50.000 | 520 | 26.000.000 |
| 20.3.2020 | 10:30 | 100.000 | 525 | 52.500.000 |
| 20.3.2020 | 11:01 | 50.000 | 525 | 26.250.000 |
| 20.3.2020 | 13:48 | 13.134 | 525 | 6.895.350 |
| 20.3.2020 | 13:54 | 50.000 | 525 | 26.250.000 |
| 20.3.2020 | 15:24 | 50.000 | 525 | 26.250.000 |
| Total | 1,536,921 | 750,276,860 | ||
The trade is in accordance with Marel’s buyback programme, announced on 10 March 2020, and based on the authorisation of Marel hf.´s Annual General Meeting regarding the purchase of own shares on 6 March 2019, as renewed at Marel hf.’s Annual General Meeting on 18 March 2020.
Marel hf. held 11,713,188 own shares prior to the notified transactions and holds 13,250,109 own shares after them, or the equivalent of 1.72% of issued shares in the company.
Marel hf. has purchased a total of 2,476,295 own shares under the buyback programme, which corresponds to 0.32% of issued shares in the company, for a total purchase price of ISK 1,220,367,698.
Buybacks under the programme will amount to a maximum of 25,000,000 million shares, or the equivalent of 3.2% of issued shares. The buyback programme is in effect from 11 March 2020 until and including 4 September 2020.
The buyback programme is executed in accordance with Chapter VIII. of the Icelandic Act No. 2/1995 on Public Limited Companies, the Icelandic Act on Securities Transactions No. 108/2007, Chapter II of the Annex to Icelandic Regulation No. 630/2005 on Inside Information and Market Abuse, Regulation No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on market abuse ("MAR"), and the Commission’s delegated regulation 2016/1052.
Investor Relations
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About Marel
Marel (NASDAQ: MAREL; AEX: MAREL) is a leading global provider of advanced food processing equipment, systems, software and services to the poultry, meat and fish industries. Our united team of 6,300 employees in over 30 countries delivered around EUR 1.3 billion in revenues in 2019. Annually, Marel invests around 6% of revenues in innovation. By continuously transforming food processing, we enable our customers to increase yield and throughput, ensure food safety and improve sustainability in food production. Marel was listed on NASDAQ Iceland in 1992 and dual-listed on Euronext Amsterdam in June 2019.