2022-01-25 12:27:00 CET

2022-01-25 12:27:02 CET


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Arion Bank hf. - Changes in company's own shares

Arion Bank: Transactions in relation to a share buyback programme


Reference is made to a press release from Arion Bank, published 27 October 2021 regarding the launch of a share buyback program and press release published 12 December 2021 regarding continued share buyback program. In week 3 2022 Arion Bank purchased own shares on Nasdaq Iceland. No Swedish Depository Receipts (SDRs) were purchased on Nasdaq Stockholm during the week. See further details below.

Share buyback on Nasdaq Iceland:

DateTime (GMT)Number of sharesShare pricePurchase price (ISK)Total number of own shares
17.1.202210:25:42200,000184.0036,800,000146,843,822
17.1.202211:11:20100,000184.0018,400,000146,943,822
17.1.202212:19:19200,000184.5036,900,000147,143,822
17.1.202214:05:43100,000185.0018,500,000147,243,822
18.1.202209:33:11200,000184.0036,800,000147,443,822
18.1.202209:35:11109183.0019,947147,443,931
18.1.202210:48:30150,000183.5027,525,000147,593,931
18.1.202211:41:46250,000183.5045,875,000147,843,931
19.1.202209:33:42100,000184.0018,400,000147,943,931
19.1.202210:05:36100,000184.0018,400,000148,043,931
19.1.202210:49:0855,000184.0010,120,000148,098,931
19.1.202213:45:55150,000184.0027,600,000148,248,931
19.1.202214:30:36100,000186.0018,600,000148,348,931
20.1.202214:15:37200,000185.5037,100,000148,548,931
21.1.202210:06:42150,000184.5027,675,000148,698,931
21.1.202210:22:58150,000184.5027,675,000148,848,931
21.1.202211:19:26100,000184.5018,450,000148,948,931
21.1.202213:08:5150,000184.009,200,000148,998,931
21.1.202214:38:08100,000184.0018,400,000149,098,931
21.1.202215:10:42100,000183.5018,350,000149,198,931
  2,555,109 470,789,947149,198,931

No SDRs were purchased on Nasdaq Stockholm in week 3 2022

The Bank held 147,992,563 of own shares and SDRs prior to the transactions in week 3 and holds 150,547,672 shares and SDRs by the end of the same week. The Bank currently holds 9.07% of issued shares in the Bank. Since the launch of the share buyback programme the Bank has bought in total 38,693,356 shares and 344,686 SDRs.

The Bank may purchase up to 54,490,370 shares/SDRs in total under the Program, corresponding to 3.28% of its current issued share capital. The repurchase authorization will be divided between the Icelandic and Swedish markets. Consequently, up to 544,904 SDRs may be repurchased in Sweden, corresponding to 0.03% of the current issued capital, and up to 53,945,466 shares repurchased in Iceland, corresponding to 3.25% of the Bank’s current issued capital. The total consideration for purchased SDRs shall not exceed ISK 100,000,000 in Sweden and ISK 9,900,000,000 for purchased shares in Iceland (ISK 10bn total). The Program will end no later than 16 March 2022. The Bank retains the right to discontinue the Program at any time.
 
The Program is carried out in accordance with applicable law and regulation in Iceland and Sweden, as the case may be, including Regulation No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on market abuse (“MAR”), Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016, Icelandic acts on limited liability companies, No. 2/1995 and on securities transactions, No. 108/2007, Icelandic regulation on insider information and market manipulation, No. 630/2005 and act on measures against market manipulation no. 60/2021.