Eimskip: Transaction in relation to a share buy-back program


In week 48 2023 Eimskip purchased 165,000 of its own shares, at a purchase price of ISK 74,200,500 as further stipulated below:

DateTimeNo. of sharesShare pricePurchase price
27.11.202310:3833,000457.5015,097,500
28.11.202314:1633,000447.5014,767,500
29.11.202312:0233,000444.0014,652,000
30.11.20239:4733,000450.0014,850,000
1.12.202310:3733,000449.5014,833,500
Total 165,000 74,200,500

The trade is in accordance with Eimskip‘s buy-back program as published on Nasdaq Iceland on 10 October 2023.

Eimskip held 2,814,320 shares prior to the notified transactions, and holds 2,979,320 after them, or the equivalent of 1.77% of issued shares in the company.

Under current buy-back program Eimskip has purchased a total of 1,254,000 shares in the company, corresponding to 58,33 % of the maximum amount of shares to be purchased under this program. Total purchase price is ISK 577,549,500 corresponding to 57.75 % of the maximum ISK amount of the buy-back program.

Buy-back under the program will amount to a maximum of 2,150,000 shares and the market value amount will not exceed ISK 1,000,000,000. The buy-back program is in effect for 18 months post the Annual General Meeting held 9 March 2023, unless the conditions for maximum purchase are met before that time.

The execution of the buy-back program is according to Act on Public Limited Companies, No. 2/1995. In addition, the buy-back program must be implemented as provided for in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council no. 596/2014, on market abuse, as well as the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 on regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programs and stabilization measures, which supplements that Regulation.


For further information please contact
Guðbjörg Birna Björnsdóttir, Head of Treasury and Investor Relations, tel: +354 844 4752, email:  investors@eimskip.com