January 6, 2017

Company announcement 40 2016/17

Allerød, 2017-01-06 09:59 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Matas have resolved to initiate a share buyback programme in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of Regulation No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and Regulation 2016/1052, also referred to as the 'Safe Harbor' rules. Please refer to company announcement no. 15 dated 30 August 2016.

The programme, which was initiated with a view to cancelling the shares bought back, amounts to DKK 150 million and runs from and including 1 September 2016 through 31 March 2017 at the latest.

Under the share buyback programme, the following transactions have been made during the period 30December 2016 - 5 January 2017:

Trading dayNumber of sharesAverage purchase price, DKKTransaction value, DKK
30 December 2016 10,000 96.96 969,600
2 January 2017 10,000 97.40 974,000
3 January 2017 12,000 97.79 1,173,480
4 January 2017 12,000 97.75 1,173,000
5 January 2017 13,000 97.27 1,264,510
Accumulated the last 5 trading days57,00097.455,554,590
Accumulated under the program 1,120,488 109.05 122,192,146

Following the transactions, Matas has purchased a total number of 1,120,488 shares since 1 September 2016 and holds 1,382,436 treasury shares, equivalent to 3.52% of the company's total share capital.

We enclose share buy-back transactions data in detailed form provided in accordance with the Commissions delegated regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016.

Please address any questions to Søren Mølbak, Head of Investor Relations, at tel +45 48 1655 48.

Matas A/S

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