Acquisitions of own shares in Evolution AB (publ)
Evolution AB (publ) ("Evolution") has, during the period 26 February - 01 March acquired a total of 208,500 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 26 February - 01 March, 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 34,000 1,354.7250 46,060,650.00
-02
-26
2024 38,000 1,351.6413 51,362,369.40
-02
-27
2024 49,700 1,352.7672 67,232,529.84
-02
-28
2024 44,000 1,346.3257 59,238,330.80
-02
-29
2024 42,800 1,349.2309 57,747,082.52
-03
-01
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 4,478,763 as of 01 March 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 01 March, a total of 2,772,231shares 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 March 4, 2024, at 11:00 CET.