Copenhagen, 2016-03-14 10:28 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- No. 8/2016 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 7 March 2016 to 11 March 2016: Number of Average purchase Transaction shares price, DKK value, DKK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07-03-2016 19,960 244.30 4,876,168.12 08-03-2016 17,188 243.03 4,177,221.98 09-03-2016 20,000 245.82 4,916,412.00 10-03-2016 15,000 246.85 3,702,799.50 11-03-2016 10,930 248.98 2,721,376.54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accumulated for the 83,078 20,393,978.14 period -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accumulated under the 144,201 35,064,334.02 programme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the transactions stated above, ISS A/S owns a total of 1,921,676 treasury shares corresponding to 1.04% 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 XS1145526585, ISIN XS1330300341, ISIN XS1145526825