Copenhagen, 2016-03-07 08:46 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
                                                                                
                                                                      No. 5/2016
                                                                                

ISS A/S (ISS.CO, ISS DC), a leading global provider of facility services,
announced on 2 March 2016 that a share buyback programme of up to DKK 150
million and a maximum of 700,000 shares had been initiated with the sole
purpose of hedging obligations arising from ISS’s share based incentive scheme
(LTIP). The share buyback programme is executed in accordance with the
provisions of the EU Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2273/2003 of 22 December
2003, as amended (the Safe Harbour Regulation), and will end no later than 30
April 2016. ISS A/S will on a weekly basis announce transactions made under the
share buyback programme. 


The following transactions have been executed in the period 2 March 2016 to 4
March 2016: 


                           Number of       Average purchase       Transaction   
                            shares           price, DKK           value, DKK    
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             02-03-2016     35,000             238.20             8,336,909.00  
             03-03-2016     11,703             238.95             2,796,421.32  
             04-03-2016     14,420             245.29             3,537,025.56  
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Accumulated under the       61,123                               14,670,355.88  
 programme                                                                      
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Following the transactions stated above, ISS A/S owns a total of 1,838,598
treasury shares corresponding to 0.99% of the total share capital. 



For investor enquiries
Nicholas Ward, Head of Group Investor Relations, +45 3817 6251
Martin Kjær Hansen, Investor Relations Manager, +45 3817 6431
Barbara Plucnar Jensen, Head of Group Treasury, +45 3817 6260

For media enquiries
Manuel Vigilius, Global Media Relations Manager, +45 3817 6404



About ISS                                                                       
The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of  
 the world’s leading Facility Services companies. ISS offers a wide range of    
 services such as: Cleaning, Catering, Security, property and Support Services  
 as well as Facility Management. Global revenue amounted to DKK 79.6 billion in 
 2015 and ISS has approximately 505,000 employees and activities in more than 75
 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Pacific,       
 serving thousands of both public and private sector customers. For more        
 information on the ISS Group, visit www.issworld.com.                          


ISS A/S, ISIN DK 0060542181,
ISS Global A/S, ISIN XS114552658, ISIN XS1330300341, ISIN XS114552682