Based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on April
25, 2023, the Board of Directors of HMS Networks AB (publ) ("HMS") has resolved
to repurchase own shares in the company on Nasdaq Stockholm. Repurchase of the
company's own shares shall be carried out in a repurchase program with the
purpose of securing HMS' obligations to deliver performance shares according to
HMS' Share Saving Plan 2024-2027.
The repurchases may commence on February 23, 2024 and will take place on one or
more occasions during the period until the Annual General Meeting 2024. The
repurchases will take place on Nasdaq Stockholm in accordance with the Nordic
Main Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares and be administrated by Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB (publ), which will take trading decisions independently of
HMS with regard to the timing of the repurchase.
Repurchases will be made at a price per share within the registered price
interval, which refers to the interval between the highest buying price and the
lowest selling price. No more than 25,000 shares may be acquired. Payment of the
shares will be settled in cash. Reporting will be made to Nasdaq Stockholm in
accordance with applicable rules.
Repurchase of shares may not result in HMS' holding of own shares, at any time,
exceeding 10 percent of the total number of shares in the company. At the time
of this press release, the total number of registered shares in the company
amounts to 46,818,868 and the total number of shares held by HMS amounts to
162,880 own shares.
For more information, please contact:
Staffan Dahlström, CEO HMS, +46 (0)35 17 29 01
Joakim Nideborn, CFO HMS, +46 (0)35 710 6983
HMS Networks AB (publ) is a market-leading provider of solutions in industrial information and communication technology (Industrial ICT). HMS develops and manufactures products under the Anybus®, Ixxat®, Ewon® and Intesis® brands. Development takes place at the headquarter in Halmstad and also in Ravensburg, Nivelles, Igualada, Wetzlar, Buchen, Delft, Sibiu, Rotterdam and Bilbao. Local sales and support are handled by branch offices in Germany, USA, Japan, China, Singapore, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, India, UK, Sweden, South Korea, Australiac UAE and Vietnam, as well as through a worldwide network of distributors and partners. HMS employs over 800 people and reported sales of SEK
3,025 million in 2023. HMS is listed on the NASDAQ OMX in Stockholm in the Large
Cap segment and Telecommunications sector.
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