2024-04-22 15:30:00 CEST

2024-04-22 15:30:03 CEST


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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 4 April 2024 regarding the launch of a share buyback program. In week 16 2024 Arion Bank purchased own shares on Nasdaq Iceland and Swedish Depository Receipts (SDR) on Nasdaq Stockholm. See further details below.

Share buyback on Nasdaq Iceland:

DateTime (GMT)Number of sharesShare pricePurchase price (ISK)Total own shares
15.4.202409:41:04200,000145.0029,000,00013,119,743
15.4.202410:17:0929,000144.004,176,00013,148,743
15.4.202412:09:08200,000144.7528,950,00013,348,743
15.4.202415:17:279,100144.001,310,40013,357,843
15.4.202415:26:39200,000144.7528,950,00013,557,843
16.4.202412:30:06600,000143.0085,800,00014,157,843
16.4.202413:48:12400,000143.0057,200,00014,557,843
17.4.202410:03:09200,000144.7528,950,00014,757,843
17.4.202413:55:33400,000143.7557,500,00015,157,843
18.4.202414:01:12500,000143.7571,875,00015,657,843
18.4.202414:20:27500,000143.7571,875,00016,157,843
19.4.202409:49:42350,000144.5050,575,00016,507,843
19.4.202411:17:59300,000143.7543,125,00016,807,843
19.4.202412:43:38180,000143.7525,875,00016,987,843
19.4.202414:13:18150,000143.5021,525,00017,137,843


4,218,100
606,686,40017,137,843

SDRs purchased on Nasdaq Stockholm:

DateTime (GMT)Number of SDRsShare pricePurchase price (SEK)Total own SDRs
15.4.202412:56:084,27510.9546,8112,781,521
15.4.202413:11:553810.954162,781,559
15.4.202413:17:3768710.957,5232,782,246
16.4.202412:54:156,00011.0066,0002,788,246
16.4.202413:58:352810.903052,788,274
16.4.202414:05:2020011.002,2002,788,474
16.4.202414:05:2033311.003,6632,788,807
16.4.202414:05:2090011.009,9002,789,707
16.4.202414:05:201,03911.0011,4292,790,746
17.4.202412:50:035,00011.0055,0002,795,746
17.4.202415:14:222,60011.0028,6002,798,346
18.4.202412:22:0975610.908,2402,799,102
18.4.202414:06:5690011.009,9002,800,002
18.4.202414:06:566811.007482,800,070
18.4.202414:06:564011.004402,800,110
18.4.202414:39:197,00011.0077,0002,807,110
19.4.202409:38:505,00010.9554,7502,812,110
19.4.202412:27:2517210.901,8752,812,282
19.4.202412:27:252,32810.9025,3752,814,610
19.4.202413:40:1942210.904,6002,815,032
19.4.202414:08:1582811.209,2742,815,860


38,614
424,0492,815,860

 
The Bank held 15,696,989 of own shares and SDRs prior to the transactions in week 16 and holds 19,953,703 own shares and SDRs by the end of week 16. The Bank currently holds 1.366% of issued shares in the Bank. Since the launch of the share buyback programme the Bank has bought in total 9,573,652 shares and 89,974 SDRs.

The repurchase under the Program will be divided between the Icelandic and Swedish markets, where up to 365,000 SDRs may be repurchased in Sweden, corresponding to 0.025% of the current issued capital, and where up to 17,885,000 shares may repurchased in Iceland, corresponding to 1.224% of the current issued capital (total 1.25% of the current issued capital). The total consideration for purchased SDRs shall furthermore not exceed ISK 50,000,000 in Sweden and ISK 2,450,000,000 for purchased shares in Iceland (ISK 2,500,000,000 total). The Program will end no later than 31 December 2024. 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”), the Safe Harbour Regulation, Icelandic acts on limited liability companies, No. 2/1995 and Act No. 60 /2021 on measures against market manipulation and rules no. 320/2022 of measures against market manipulation which, inter alia, adopted the Safe Harbour Regulation into Icelandic law. Transactions under the Program will all be publicly disclosed in accordance with applicable law and regulation in Iceland and Sweden respectively.