Buy-back of shares in MTG during week 17, 2023

Buy-back of shares in MTG during week 17, 2023

Stockholm
May 2, 2023
06.00 PM CEST
During the period between 24 April to 28 April 2023 Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ) (LEI code 549300E8NDODRSX29339) (“MTG”) repurchased, in total, 196,858 own class B shares (ISIN code SE0018012494) under the share repurchase program initiated by the Board of Directors to deliver shareholder value and to optimize the capital structure of the company.

The share buy-backs form a part of the share repurchase program of a maximum of 4,618,818 shares for a maximum amount of SEK 400 million, which MTG announced on 25 October 2022. The share repurchase program, which runs from 27 October 2022 up and until the Annual General Meeting 2023, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (“MAR”) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2016/1052 (the “Safe Harbour Regulation”). The objectives of the share buy-backs are to deliver shareholder value and to optimize the capital structure of the company. The intention is to reduce MTG’s share capital through subsequent share cancellations.

Class B shares in MTG have been repurchased (in SEK) as follows:

Date Aggregated daily volume (number of shares) Weighted average share price per day (SEK) Total daily transaction value (SEK)
24/04/2023 26,648 82.5956 2,201,007.70
25/04/2023 34,048 81.4813 2,774,276.95
26/04/2023 45,979 80.5554 3,703,856.70
27/04/2023 40,183 84.2915 3,387,084.50
28/04/2023 50,000 83.1062 4,155,311.80
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All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Nordea Bank Abp on behalf of MTG. Following the above acquisitions, MTG’s holding of own shares as of 28 April 2023 amounts to 6,925,433 class B shares and 6,324,343 class C shares. The total number of shares in MTG amounts to 134,035,940.

A full breakdown of the transactions pursuant to article 5.3 of MAR and article 2.3 of the Safe Harbour Regulation is attached to this announcement.

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