Company announcement no. 3 2016/17 Allerød, 2016-04-26 08:17 CEST (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 18 April 2016 – 25 April 2016: Trading day Number of Average purchase Transaction shares price, DKK value, DKK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 April 2016 5,000 131.63 658,150 19 April 2016 8,000 131.17 1,049,360 20 April 2016 8,000 131.13 1,049,040 21 April 2016 5,000 131.15 655,750 25 April 2016 12,000 129.15 1,549,800 Accumulated the last 5 38,000 130.58 4,962,100 trading days Accumulated under the 868,763 127.80 111,028,403 program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the transactions, Matas has purchased a total number of 868,763 shares since 19 November 2015 and holds 1,163,693 treasury shares, equivalent to 2.89% 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