Copenhagen, 2015-12-15 14:36 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acting under its share buyback authorization, the GN Store Nord board of directors initiated a share buyback program on October 30, 2015 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 (company announcement no. 59 of October 30, 2015). 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 October 30, 2015 and ending no later than March 9, 2016, GN intends to buy back shares for an amount of up to DKK 500 million. The following transactions have been made under the program in the period December 8, 2015 – December 14, 2015: No. of Average purchase Transaction Value, shares price, DKK DKK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 8, 2015 38,000 124.60 4,734,948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 9, 2015 40,000 121.45 4,858,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 10, 2015 37,000 121.42 4,492,677 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 11, 2015 40,000 120.41 4,816,340 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 14, 2015 40,000 119.06 4,762,484 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accumulated under the 1,187,350 127.91 151,878,637 program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the above transactions GN owns a total of 9,538,840 own shares corresponding to 5.9% of the company’s total share capital. Every Tuesday, GN will announce the number and value of repurchased shares in company announcements to Nasdaq Copenhagen. For further information please contact: Peter Justesen VP – Investor Relations & Treasury GN Store Nord A/S Tel: +45 45 75 87 16