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Vestas Wind Systems Transaction in Own Shares 2018

Feb 26, 2018

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Aarhus, Denmark, 2018-02-26 13:06 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

On 12 February 2018, Vestas initiated a share buy-back programme, ref. Company
announcement No. 5/2018. The programme is implemented in accordance with
Article 5 of Regulation No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of
16 April 2014 (MAR) (the "Safe Harbour” rules). The purpose of the programme is
to adjust Vestas’ capital structure and to meet the obligations arising from
share based incentive programmes to employees of Vestas.

Under the programme, Vestas will buy back shares for an amount up to DKK 1,500m
(approx. EUR 200 million) in the period from 12 February 2018 to 3 May 2018.

The following transactions have been made under the programme during the period
19 – 23 February 2018:

                        Number    Weighted average purchase      Transaction
                            of                   price, DKK           value,
                        shares                                           DKK

19 February 2018 20,000 428.21 8,564,180
20 February 2018 35,000 442.58 15,490,461
21 February 2018 60,000 442.86 26,571,810
22 February 2018 20,000 439.72 8,794,352
23 February 2018 22,500 445.45 10,022,526
Accumulated under the 362,500 432.97 156,950,238
programme


Details of all the transactions relating to the share buy-back programme during
the period are presented in the attached appendix.

Contact details
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark
Patrik Setterberg, Vice President
Investor Relations
Tel: +45 6122 1913