Share Buy-back Programme of DKK 450 million to be initiated

March 1, 2016 at 9:49 PM EST
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Company Announcement No. 10/2016 —  1 March 2016

 

As mentioned in the Annual Report for 2015, the Board of Directors of Royal Unibrew A/S has decided to initiate a share buy-back of up to DKK 450 million.

Objective

The objective of the share buy-back is to adjust the capital structure of Royal Unibrew A/S in accordance with the target of this.

The Board of Directors expects to recommend to the AGM in 2017 that the shares bought back be cancelled.

Authorisation

The share buy-back programme is initiated within the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 28 April 2015, which will enable the Company to buy back shares for up to 10% of the total share capital. The share buy-back programme will be established and structured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 (the so-called Safe Harbour method), which ensures that the Company is protected against violation of insider legislation during the buy-back process.

Share buy-back programme

The share buy-back programme is expected to be realised in the period from 2 March 2016 through 28 February 2017.

The maximum total share buy-back in the period will represent a market value of DKK 450 million. Based on the share price at 1 March 2016, this will correspond to approx. 1,6 million shares of DKK 2 each at a total nominal value of DKK 3.2 million, corresponding to approx 2.9% of the share capital. Royal Unibrew has entered into an agreement with Nordea Bank Danmark A/S for Nordea to handle the share buy-back as Lead Manager on behalf of Royal Unibrew. Nordea will make all trading decisions independently of and without involving Royal Unibrew. The shares bought back on each trading day will not exceed 25% of the daily average trading volumes over the 20 trading days preceding the date of purchase.

No shares will be bought back under the share buy-back programme at a price exceeding the higher of the two following prices:

  • the price of the latest independent transaction; and
  • the highest independent bid on Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S.

Royal Unibrew will be entitled to suspend the share buy-back programme in the event of material changes to the Company's circumstances or in the market. Should the programme be suspended, Royal Unibrew will announce this in a Company Announcement, and Nordea will stop buying back shares in the market.

Royal Unibrew will announce the number of shares bought back and their value in separate weekly Company Announcements.

Please direct any queries to me at tel. +45 56 77 15 05.

Yours sincerely

Royal Unibrew A/S

  

Lars Jensen

CFO

 

The Announcement has been prepared in Danish and English. In case of discrepancy, the Danish text shall prevail