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Transaction in Own Shares • Jul 2, 2019
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Transaction in Own Shares
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PRESS RELEASE – Halle (Belgium), 2nd July 2019 08h30 – Regulated information
Repurchase of treasury shares
Referring to article 207 of the Royal Decree of 30 January 2001 in execution of the Companies Code (art. 620 § 1) as amended by Royal Decree of 26 April 2009, the Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV communicates that it has purchased a total of 15.000 treasury shares in the period from 24 June 2019 until 28 June 2019 at the regulated market Euronext Brussels, at an MTF or outside of an organised trading facility in accordance with applicable regulations.
The Board of Directors of Colruyt Group has performed this purchase of treasury shares under the share buyback programme announced on 27 September 2017 for a maximum amount of EUR 350 million. The programme started on 2 October 2017 and has an expected term of 2 years. Purchases will be made in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations and under the authorisation granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 14 October 2014. Under this ongoing share buyback programme, Colruyt Group has purchased a total of 7.655.649 treasury shares to date, for a total amount of EUR 339.824.922,82.
As at 28 June 2019 the company holds a total of 221.660 treasury shares or 0,16% of the total number of shares issued (i.e. 138.052.090).
An overview of the repurchases of treasury shares since 1 July 2009, will be available on our website www.colruytgroup.com under:
Investors/Shareholders' information/Overview of capital and shares/Repurchase of shares.
| Date of | Trading | Number | Average | Highest | Lowest | Total (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| purchase | facility (1) | of shares | price (EUR) | purchase | purchase | |
| price (EUR) | price (EUR) | |||||
| 24/06/2019 | XBRU | 3.000 | 52,1037 | 52,7400 | 51,4000 | |
| 24/06/2019 | Total | 3.000 | 52,1037 | 156.311,10 | ||
| 25/06/2019 | XBRU | 3.000 | 51,2281 | 51,6000 | 50,8400 | |
| 25/06/2019 | Total | 3.000 | 51,2281 | 153.684,30 | ||
| 26/06/2019 | XBRU | 3.000 | 50,2687 | 51,2200 | 49,4900 | |
| 26/06/2019 | Total | 3.000 | 50,2687 | 150,806,10 | ||
| 27/06/2019 | XBRU | 3.000 | 50,6033 | 50,9800 | 49,9800 | |
| 27/06/2019 | Total | 3.000 | 50,6033 | 151.809,90 | ||
| 28/06/2019 | XBRU | 3.000 | 51,4396 | 51,9000 | 51,0400 | |
| 28/06/2019 | Total | 3.000 | 51,4396 | 154.318,80 | ||
| Total général | 15.000 | 51,1287 | 766.930,20 |
Overview of repurchases from 24th June until 28th June 2019
(1) MIC Code trading facility: Bats (BATE), Chi-X (CHIX), Turquoise (TRQX), Euronext Brussels (XBRU), Off-market (XOFF, BATD, BATF en CHID)
Contact
Kris Castelein (Secretary to the Board of Directors) +32 2 363 55 45 [email protected]
About Colruyt Group
Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with approximately 570 own stores and 580 affiliated stores. In Belgium this includes Colruyt, OKay, Bio-Planet, Cru, Dreamland, Dreambaby and the affiliated stores Spar and Spar Compact. In France, in addition to Colruyt stores, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, Coccimarket and Panier Sympa stores. The group is also actively involved in the foodservice business (supply of food products to hospitals, company canteens and catering businesses) in Belgium (Solucious). The other activities comprise the sale of fuel in Belgium (DATS 24), printing and document management solutions (Symeta) and the production of green energy. The group employs over 29.900 employees and recorded a EUR 9,4 billion revenue in 2018/19. Colruyt is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.