Cinkarna Celje, d. d. (LJSE:CICG) commences share repurchases on August 2, 2019, under the program mandated by the shareholders in the Annual General Meeting held on June 4, 2019. As per the mandate, the company is authorized to repurchase up to 80,797 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital. The repurchase price will not be lower than €170 per share and not higher than € 270 per share. The purpose of the program is to decrease the share capital of the company. The plan is valid for 12 months from the shareholders' approval. As of April 30, 2019, the company had 807,977 issued shares and 6,649 shares in treasury.