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Share buyback program – regulated information
المصدر: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 25 أبريل 2022 11:40:00 America/New_York
Share buyback program – regulated information
Mortsel, Belgium – April 25, 2022 – 5:40 p.m. CET
Within the framework of the share buyback program which was announced in the press release of March 10, 2021, Agfa-Gevaert NV proceeded with the purchase of own shares on the market of Euronext Brussels.
The authorization to acquire own shares was granted to the Board of Directors by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of May 12, 2020.
Agfa-Gevaert NV has requested a financial intermediary to repurchase
Agfa-Gevaert shares for a maximum amount of 50,000,000 Euro on its behalf under the terms of an initial discretionary mandate agreement with validity until March 31, 2022, effective as from April 1, 2021.
On March 8, 2022, the Board of Directors decided that the 2021 Share Buyback will be extended through March 31, 2023 (the ‘Extended Share Buyback Program 2021’).As a result of the decision of the Board of Directors on March 9, 2021, the company, by notarial deed dated March 30, 2022, cancelled a total of 2,299,218 treasury shares. This decision was taken in accordance with the authorization granted to the Board of Directors by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on May 12, 2020. As a consequence, the new number of outstanding shares (denominator) is 158,207,488.
On transaction date April 22, 2022, the Agfa-Gevaert Group held 1,006,348 own shares, which represents 0.64% of the total number of shares of the Group.
Detailed operations per day:
Transaction date Number of
sharesAverage
price (€)Minimum
price (€)Maximum
price (€)Total
price (€)April 19, 2022 62,000 3.8835 3.8550 3.9150 240,777.00 April 20, 2022 39,488 4.0430 3.9100 4.1000 159,649.98 April 21, 2022 73,300 4.0140 3.9700 4.0950 294,226.20 April 22, 2022 76,000 3.9850 3.9250 4.0550 302,860.00 Total 250,788 3.9775 997,513.18 Since the beginning of the share buyback program until April 22th, 2022, based on the transaction date, the Agfa-Gevaert Group bought 10,550,050 own shares, representing 6.29% of the total outstanding shares on April 1, 2021.
About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is a leading company in imaging technology and IT solutions with over 150 years of experience. The Group holds four divisions: Radiology Solutions, HealthCare IT, Digital Print & Chemicals and Offset Solutions. They develop, manufacture and market analogue and digital systems for the healthcare sector, for specific industrial applications and for the printing industry. In 2021, the Group realized a turnover of 1,760 million Euro.
Contact:
Viviane Dictus
Director Corporate Communication
T +32 (0) 3 444 71 24
E viviane.dictus@agfa.comJohan Jacobs
Corporate Press Relations Manager
T +32 (0)3/444 80 15
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