Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Transactions in co...
October 26, 2020 at 05:10 am
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Company Announcement
No. 34/2020
Copenhagen, 26 October 2020
Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme
On 28 August 2020, Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S ('STG') announced that a share buy-back programme of an aggregated price of up to DKK 300 million was launched with the purpose to adjust the Company's capital structure and meet obligations relating to the Group's share-based incentive programme.
The buy-back programme is executed in accordance with Regulation No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (the 'Market Abuse Regulation') and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, also referred to as the Safe Harbour rules. The share buy-back programme will end no later than 26 February 2021.
The following transactions have been executed from 19 October to 23 October 2020:
Number of shares
Average purchase price, DKK
Transaction value, DKK
Accumulated, last announcement
794,088
76,409,955
19 October 2020
32,000
94.86
3,035,626
20 October 2020
33,000
93.36
3,080,831
21 October 2020
22,264
91.66
2,040,634
22 October 2020
15,436
90.78
1,401,300
23 October 2020
12,297
91.39
1,123,850
Accumulated under the program
909,085
87,092,195
A detailed overview of transactions during the period 19 October - 23 October 2020 is attached to this announcement.
Following the above transactions STG owns a total of 1,185,593 treasury shares, corresponding to 1.19% of the total share capital.
For further information, please contact:
Investors: Torben Sand, Head of Investor Relations,
phone: +45 5084 7222 or torben.sand@st-group.com
Media: Simon Mehl Augustesen, Director of Group Communications,
phone: +1 484-379-8725 or simon.augustesen@st-group.com
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S is a Denmark-based company engaged in the manufacture of cigars and pipe tobacco. The Company also holds a position in the fine-cut tobacco category in the Scandinavian, the United States and other markets. The Companyâs portfolio contains more than 200 brands, including the Cigar brands Cafe Creme, La Paz, Macanudo, CAO, Partagas (the United States) and Cohiba (the United States); Pipe tobacco brands include Captain Black, Erinmore, Borkum Riff and W.O. Larsen, and Fine-cut tobacco brands include Bugler, Break, Escort, Bali Shag and Tiedemanns. The Companyâs sales offices are located in North America, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, and it has sales to more than 100 countries around the world.