Company announcement no. 22 2015/16 Allerød, 2016-01-04 13:04 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Matas resolved on 19 November 2015 to initiate a share buyback programme in accordance with the provisions of EU Commission regulation no. 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003, normally referred to as the "Safe Harbor" rules. See company announcement no. 16 dated 19 November 2015. The programme, which was initiated with a view to cancelling the shares bought back, amounts to DKK 125 million and runs from and including 19 November 2015 through 18 May 2016 at the latest. Under the share buyback programme, the following transactions have been made during the period 21 December 2015 – 30 December 2015: Trading day Number of Average purchase Transaction shares price, DKK value, DKK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 December 2015 9,000 129.11 1,161,990 22 December 2015 10,000 129.90 1,299,000 23 December 2015 9,000 129.78 1,168,020 28 December 2015 5,000 130.75 653,750 29 December 2015 5,000 131.40 657,000 30 December 2015 5,000 132.60 663,000 Accumulated the last 6 43,000 130.30 5,602,760 trading days Accumulated under the 283,237 127.32 36,062,051 program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the transactions, Matas has purchased a total number of 283,237 shares since 19 November 2015 and holds 578,167 treasury shares, equivalent to 1.43% of the company's total share capital. Please address any questions to Søren Mølbak, Head of Investor Relations, at tel +45 48 1655 48. Matas A/S