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Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 29, 2019
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Transaction in Own Shares
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Ad-hoc | 29 March 2019 13:08
Basler AG: Basler ends share buyback program and sells block of shares
Basler AG / Key word(s): Transaction in Own Shares
Basler AG: Basler ends share buyback program and sells block of shares
29-March-2019 / 13:08 CET/CEST
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**Basler AG:
Basler ends share buyback program and sells block of shares**
Ahrensburg, March 29, 2019 – The management of Basler AG, the leading global manufacturer of industrial cameras, has decided to end with immediate effect the share buyback program started on September 17, 2018.
Furthermore, the management board has decided to sell 3.72 % (130,200 pieces) of the 8.4 % of own shares held by Basler to 7 Industries B. V. at a price of Euro 160.00 per piece. 7 Industries B. V. is a family office owned by Ruthi Wertheimer making long-term investments in leading industrial and life science technology companies.
Due to this sale, the number of shares in circulation increases to 3,335,919 pieces. Against this background, the dividend proposal to be voted on in this year’s shareholders’ meeting on May 16, 2019, will change from Euro 1.59 to Euro 1.53 per share since the number of shares in circulation increases. The distribution follows the company’s dividend policy according to which 30 % of the net results are distributed every year.
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Basler is the leading manufacturer of high-quality cameras and camera accessories for industry, medicine, traffic and a variety of other markets. The company’s product portfolio encompasses area scan and line scan cameras in compact housing dimensions, camera modules in board level variants for embedded solutions, and 3D cameras. The catalog is rounded off by our user-friendly pylon SDK plus a broad spectrum of accessories, including several developed specially for Basler and optimally harmonized for our cameras. Basler has three decades of experience in computer vision. The company is home to approximately 800 employees, at its headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, and at its subsidiaries and sales offices in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Basler AG, Hardy Mehl (CFO/COO), An der Strusbek 60 – 62, 22926 Ahrensburg, Tel. +49 (0)4102-463100, ir/baslerweb.com, www.baslerweb.com , ISIN DE 0005102008
Contact:
Basler AG
Verena Fehling
Tel. +49 4102 463 101
Email: [email protected]
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Basler AG |
| An der Strusbek 60-62 | |
| 22926 Ahrensburg | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | 04102-463 0 |
| Fax: | 04102-463 109 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Internet: | www.baslerweb.com |
| ISIN: | DE0005102008 |
| WKN: | 510200 |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
| EQS News ID: | 793621 |
| End of Announcement | DGAP News Service |