By Simon Wright Aug 1, 2022
The Swedish iGaming operator Kindred Group, who own and operate the well known brands Unibet and 32Red, have this morning announced that they have decided to commence exercising the buy-back mandate which was received at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 10 June earlier this year.
The share purchases will take place between now ( 1st August 2022 ) and until the the next Annual General Meeting of the group, which is due to take place later this year.
According to the issued Press Release issued by Kindred this morning on this matter, share repurchases are to be made on the Nasdaq Stockholm in accordance with the Nasdaq Nordic Main Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares, Maltese Companies Act and EU Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 (“MAR”).
All share repurchases are to be made at a price per share within the recorded interval, i.e. the interval between the highest buying price and the lowest selling price. Payment for the shares shall be made in cash.
The maximum number of shares/SDRs that can be repurchased is 23,000,000 and the Company’s holdings of its own shares/SDRs may not at any time exceed 10 per cent of the total outstanding shares.
At the time of this announcement, the total number of issued shares in the Company is 230,126,200 and Kindred’s holding of own shares/SDRs is 9,966,474.
Following repurchase, the intention of the Board is to cancel the repurchased shares/SDRs.
Simon Wright has been both a player and an observer of the online casino industry for over 15 years. His knowledge of the online casino industry – to include sports is massive. Not many folks have the experience or his knowledge about online gambling. His adoration of football is also noted. He has painted his house blue (Chelsea) and annoys his neighbors with local football songs on game days.
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