Rocket Internet : Report of the Management Board on the acquisition of own shares based on the authorization of the General Meeting of September 24, 2020
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Ordinary General Meeting of Rocket Internet SE on 25 June 2021
Report of the Management Board on the acquisition of own shares based on the authorization of the General Meeting of September 24, 2020
Pursuant to Art. 5 of the SE Regulation in conjunction with Section 71 para. 1 No. 8, para. 3 sentence 1 AktG, the Management Board submits the following report regarding the acquisition of treasury shares purchased on the basis of the authorization granted by the extraordinary general meeting on September 24, 2020:
Based on the existing authorization pursuant to the resolution of the annual general meeting of September 24, 2020, with a duration of the authorization until September 23, 2021, the Management Board resolved on September 24, 2020, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to implement a share buyback program with a volume of up to a maximum of 11,996,721 shares of the Company at a total purchase price (excluding ancillary acquisition expenses) of up to EUR 222,779,108.97 and with a duration from September 24, 2020 until the effectiveness of the revocation of the admission of shares of the Company from trading on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange or until the end of November 15, 2020 at the latest (hereinafter, the "Share Buyback Program 2020/II"). Under this Share Buyback Program 2020/II, which ended at the close of October 30, 2020, the Company repurchased 203,439 treasury shares of the Company at an average price of EUR
18.57 per share and a total price of EUR 3,777,862.23. The acquired 203,439 shares represent a pro rata amount of the share capital totaling EUR 203,439.00; this corresponded to around 0.15 % of the registered share capital at the time the resolution was passed.
Berlin, May 2021
Rocket Internet SE
The Mangament Board
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Rocket Internet SE is a Germany-based company active in the investment management and fund operator industry. The Company identifies, builds, scales and retains ownership of Internet companies. It mainly operates in three sectors: e-commerce, including retail companies in the areas of fashion, general merchandise, home and living, office supplies and food groceries; marketplace, comprising companies active in fields such as real estate, travel, transport and food delivery which offer buyers and sellers venues for direct transactions, among others; and financial technology, containing companies bringing together borrowers and lenders in areas like the consumer and small and medium-sized enterprise segments. As a holding company, Rocket Internet AG holds interests in operating subsidiaries divided into regional Internet groups entailing the geographic regions Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. The Company has a controlling interest in HelloFresh GmbH.
Rocket Internet : Report of the Management Board on the acquisition of own shares based on the authorization of the General Meeting of September 24, 2020