LEIFHEIT AG
EQS Post-admission Duties announcement: Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft
/ Share buyback program
Notice pursuant to Article 5 para. 1 (a) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Article 2 para. 1 (b) to (d) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052 Share buyback program 2024
Leifheit AG, Leifheitstraße 1, 56377 Nassau, Germany
Nassau/Germany, 14 May 2024 – The share buyback program announced by Leifheit AG in an ad hoc release dated 2 May 2024 (“Share Buyback Program 2024”) will begin on 15 May 2024 and is expected to end on 11 December 2024. It will be organized through Xetra trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and via Tradegate Exchange. During this period, shares in Leifheit AG (ISIN DE000646450) can be acquired at up to a total purchase price (excluding ancillary acquisition costs) of up to EUR 8.5 million. Based on the current share price level (EUR 17.10, Xetra closing price on 13 May 2024), this equates to up to 497,076 shares and up to 10% of share capital. The Share Buyback Program 2024 is intended to enable shareholders to benefit not only from dividends but also from the company’s solid liquidity. The Board of Management is making use of the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on 30 September 2020, under which Leifheit AG is authorized until 29 September 2025 to acquire its own no-par value bearer shares in Leifheit AG in the amount of up to 10% of the share capital existing at the time this authorization becomes effective or – if this value is lower – at the time this authorization is exercised. This corresponds to 1,000,000 shares. The shares acquired on the basis of this authorization, together with other treasury shares that Leifheit AG has already acquired and still holds or that are attributable to it in accordance with Sections 71d and 71e German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), may at no time account for more than 10% of the respective share capital of Leifheit AG. At the time of publication of this notice, Leifheit AG holds 479,337 treasury shares. No treasury shares are attributable to Leifheit AG in accordance with Sections 71d and 71e German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). Leifheit AG can therefore still acquire a maximum of 520,663 treasury shares. The authorization of 30 September 2020 may be exercised once or several times, individually or jointly, in whole or in part. As shares are acquired on the stock exchange, the purchase price per share paid by Leifheit AG (excluding ancillary acquisition costs) may not exceed the mean closing price of Leifheit AG shares in Xetra trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange over the three trading days prior to entering into the purchase obligation by more than 10% and may not fall below this value by more than 10%. The buyback is based on the provisions of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (“EU Regulation 596/2014”) in conjunction with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052 of 8 March 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the conditions applicable to buy-back programs and stabilization measures (“EU Regulation 2016/1052”), with the exception of Article 5 para. 2 of EU Regulation 596/2014 and Article 2 para. 1 (a) of EU Regulation 2016/1052. The Share Buyback Program 2024 will be arranged by an independent bank acting in its own name on behalf of Leifheit AG. The bank must carry out the acquisition of Leifheit AG shares in accordance with the regulations referred to above and comply with the provisions of the authorization dated 30 September 2020. The bank makes its decisions on the timing of acquiring shares in Leifheit AG independently of and without being influenced by Leifheit AG in accordance with Article 4 para. 2 (b) EU Regulation 2016/1052. In this respect, Leifheit AG will not exert any influence on the bank’s decisions. Shares in Leifheit AG are acquired in accordance with the trading conditions pursuant to Article 3 EU Regulation 2016/1052. In particular, Leifheit AG shares will not be acquired at a price that exceeds the last independent trade or the highest current independent bid (should it be higher) on the trading venue on which the acquisition takes place. In addition, no more than 25% of the average daily share turnover on the trading venue on which the purchase is made is to be acquired on any single trading day. The average daily share turnover is calculated on the basis of the average daily trading volume during the 20 trading days prior to the respective acquisition date. The Board of Management of Leifheit AG may suspend the Share Buyback Program 2024 at any time and, if necessary, resume or terminate it prematurely to the extent permitted by law. Acquired shares can be used for all legally permissible purposes, in particular also as (partial) consideration in the acquisition of companies, parts of companies or interests in companies or other assets as well as in the context of business combinations. Information on the transactions related to the Share Buyback Program 2024 will be appropriately disclosed in detailed and aggregated form no later than the end of the seventh trading day following the date of execution of such transactions. In addition, Leifheit AG will publish the disclosed transactions on the Investor Relations/Share Buyback 2024 section of its website (https://www.leifheit-group.com) and ensure that the information remains publicly accessible for at least five years from the date of disclosure.
Nassau, 14 May 2024
Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft
14.05.2024 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft |
| Leifheitstraße 1 | |
| 56377 Nassau | |
| Germany | |
| Internet: | www.leifheit-group.com |
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