Reference is made to the stock exchange release of ABG Sundal Collier Holding ASA (“ABGSC” or the "Company") dated 10 March 2022 regarding an offer to buy back shares for up to NOK 80,000,000. The Company has purchased 5,031,500 shares at a price of NOK 8.40 per share. SpareBank 1 Markets acted as manager for the buyback.
In addition, with reference to our press release of 10 March 2017, partners today purchased 2,550,000 ABG-shares from ABGSC as settlement of forward contracts that were previously entered into. The shares were sold at a price of NOK 2.27 per share. The initial agreed price of NOK 5.17 has been adjusted for dividends and interest adjustments.
ABGSC owns 12,035,605 treasury shares following the transactions above. ABGSC has forward contracts with partners purchasing a total of 101,151,800 shares with settlement in 2022 – 2027. ABGSC has authorization to re-purchase its shares in the market or to issue new shares.
Jonas Ström, CEO +46 8 566 294 68
Geir B. Olsen, CFO +47 22 01 60 35