January 20, 2017

Company announcement 43 2016/17

Allerød, 2017-01-20 09:22 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 13 January 2017 - 19 January 2017:

Trading dayNumber of sharesAverage purchase price, DKKTransaction value, DKK
13 January 2017 8,000 101.94 815,520
16 January 2017 7,000 102.15 715,050
17 January 2017 7,000 102.85 719,950
18 January 2017 8,000 102.63 821,040
19 January 2017 7,000 103.04 721,280
Accumulated the last 5 trading days37,000102.513,792,840
Accumulated under the program 1,206,488 108.46 130,852,536

Following the transactions, Matas has purchased a total number of 1,206,488 shares since 1 September 2016 and holds 1,468,436 treasury shares, equivalent to 3.74% 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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