GK Software AG (ISIN DE0007571424) is launching a share buy-back programme. The Management Board decided to adopt the repurchase programme at its meeting today. The authorisation to purchase company shares according to Section 71 Paragraph 1 Number 8 of the German Joint Stock Companies Act is based on the decision taken at the annual shareholders' meeting on 18 June 2013. The programme initially runs until 30 June 2016.
The shares may be used for all the purposes named in the authorisation adopted by the main shareholders' meeting on 18 June 2013, which forms the basis for the decision to go ahead with the programme. They particularly include the use of the shares as a financial offset when purchasing companies and using them as part of the share option programme. GK Software and its subsidiaries did not hold any of the company shares on the reporting date of 1 February 2016.
The purchase price per share (excluding any ancillary acquisition expenses) may not exceed or fall below the stock market price for the company's shares on the XETRA trading system at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by more than 10%, as determined by the opening auction.
Here are the key points relating to the share buy-back programme:
- The repurchase of GK Software AG (ISIN DE0007571424) no-par shares made out to the bearer
- The purchase of company shares with a total value of up to EUR 200 K (excluding any ancillary acquisition expenses)
- The purchase shall take place through the stock exchange
- The buy-back shall be handled by a bank commissioned by the company and in accordance with Articles 4 - 6 of the Order (EC) no. 2273/2003 of the Commission dated 22 December 2003 and the rules of the German Joint Stock Companies Act and the German Securities Trading Act. The Management Board would specifically point out according to Article 5 Paragraph 3 of the Order that the threshold value of 25% of the average daily share trading according to Article 5 Paragraph 2 of the Order may be exceeded during the implementation of the buy-back programme.
- The programme is being launched on 3 February 2016 and shall end on 30 June 2016 at the very latest.
GK Software AG
Waldstrasse 7
08261 Schöneck
Germany
WKN 757142
ISIN DE0007571424
Listed on: Frankfurt (Prime Standard)
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