Waregem (Belgium) / Rotterdam (the Netherlands)[1], 2 January 2013 – Arseus discloses the information with respect to the acquisition of treasury shares required under Article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001 implementing the Belgian Company Code.
Arseus today announces that during the period from 20 December 2012 to 2 January 2013, it acquired 15,201 treasury shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels (through an intermediate, acting with a discretionary mandate).
Acquisition date Number of shares Average price Lowest price Highest price Amount 20 December 2012 4,194 € 15.1697 € 15.12 € 15.28 € 63,622 21 December 2012 4,673 € 15.0266 € 14.87 € 15.12 € 70,219 24 December 2012 1,856 € 15.3113 € 15.28 € 15.33 € 28,418 27 December 2012 3,202 € 15.3090 € 15.28 € 15.37 € 49,019 28 December 2012 1,178 € 15.3866 € 15.37 € 15.39 € 18,125 31 December 2012 98 € 15.4500 € 15.45 € 15.45 € 1,514
Further, on 21 December 2012 Arseus acquired 25,327 shares via a block trade for a price per share of € 15.10, i.e. in total € 382,438.
The Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on 16 June 2009 renewed the authorisation of the Board of Directors to acquire treasury shares.
Prior to the transactions, Arseus already held 611,247 treasury shares. As a result of the transactions referred to above, Arseus now holds 651,775 treasury shares, representing 2.08% of the total number of shares outstanding.
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