Acquisitions of own shares in Evolution AB (publ)
Evolution AB (publ) ("Evolution") has, during the period 12 February - 16 February acquired a total of 197,464 own shares within the framework of the repurchase programme introduced by the board of directors to improve the capital structure of Evolution by reducing the capital, and thereby creating added shareholder value.
The repurchase programme, which Evolution announced on 23 November 2023, is being implemented in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 ("MAR") and Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/1052 ("Safe Harbour Regulation").
During the period 12 February - 16 February, shares in Evolution have been acquired as set out below.
Date Aggregated daily Weighted average Daily transaction
volume (number of price per day value per day
shares) (SEK) (SEK)
2024 22,500 1,314.2058 29,569,630.50
-02
-12
2024 55,000 1,298.6014 71,423,077.00
-02
-13
2024 40,964 1,303.2332 53,385,644.80
-02
-14
2024 49,000 1,308.3652 64,109,894.80
-02
-15
2024 30,000 1,315.5527 39,466,581.00
-02
-16
All acquisitions were carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm on behalf of Evolution by Citibank which makes its trading decisions concerning the timing of the purchases of shares independently of Evolution. Following the above acquisitions, Evolution's holding of own shares amounted to 4,097,013 as of 16 February 2024. The total number of shares in Evolution is 215,604,777.
A full breakdown of the transactions conducted according to article 5.3 of MAR and article 2.3 of the Safe Harbour Regulation is attached to this press release. Since 27 November up to and including 16 February, a total of 2,390,481 shares have been acquired within the scope of the programme. A maximum of 19,853,945 shares in total may be acquired. For information about all transactions carried out under the repurchase programme, please refer to Nasdaq Stockholm's website, https://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/news/corporate-actions/repurchase-of-own-shares.
For further information, please contact:
Jacob Kaplan, CFO, ir@evolution.com.
The information was submitted for publication, under the agency of the contact person set out above, on 19 February, at 12:00 CET.