Copenhagen, 2013-03-01 17:49 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acting under its share buyback authorization, the GN Store Nord Board of Directors initiated a share buyback program on February 21, 2013 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 (announced in Annual Report 2012).
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 February 21, 2013 and ending no later than December 31, 2013, GN intends to buy back shares for an amount of up to DKK 300 million.
The following transactions have been made under the program in the period February 21, 2013 – March 1, 2013:
| No. of shares | Average purchase price, DKK | Transaction Value, DKK | |
| February 21, 2013 | 41,000 | 96.90 | 3,973,039 |
| February 22, 2013 | 12,500 | 99.01 | 1,237,625 |
| February 25, 2013 | 22,500 | 104.04 | 2,340,812 |
| February 26, 2013 | 39,687 | 102.63 | 4,073,113 |
| February 27, 2013 | 22,000 | 101.59 | 2,235,070 |
| February 28, 2013 | 47,500 | 102.90 | 4,887,926 |
| March 1, 2013 | 31,256 | 103.80 | 3,244,485 |
| Accumulated under the program | 216,443 | 101.61 | 21,992,070 |
Following the above transactions GN owns a total of 25,113,770 own shares corresponding to 13.0% of the company’s total share capital. Every seventh trading day GN will announce the number and value of repurchased shares in company announcements to NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.
For further information, please contact:
Michael Bjergby
Director – IR, Communications, CSR & Treasury
GN Store Nord A/S
Tel: +45 45 75 02 92
