Share buyback

On June 12, 2009, the Extraordinday General Meeting of shareholders approved the renewal of authorizations relating to share buybacks:

  • Renewal of the authorization granted to the Board of Directors in article, paragraph 1 of the statutes, i.e.: According to article 620, section 1, paragraphs 3 and 4, 1) and 2) of the Belgian Code of Companies, the Board of Directors is authorized, without any other decision of the General Meeting, within the limits of the law and for a period of three years from the date of publication in the Appendices of the Belgian National Organ of the modification of the articles of association decided upon by the Extraordinary General Meeting of June 12, 2009, to purchase, exchange and/or to transfer on the Stock Exchange or in any other way the company's own shares so as to avoid a serious and imminent damage.
  • Renewal of the authorization granted to the Board of Directors in article 8bis, paragraph 2 of the statutes, i.e.: the extraordinary general meeting of June 12, 2009, authorized the board of directors to acquire up to 20% of the outstanding shares of the company at a minimum unit price of EUR 1 and at a maximum unit price not higher than 20% above the highest closing stock market price of the company's shares on Euronext Brussels during the 20 trading days preceding such acquisition. Such authorization has been granted for a period of 5 years as from the day of the publication in the Appendices of the Official Belgian Gazette of the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of June 12, 2009 and extends to the acquisition of shares of the company by its direct subsidiaries, as such subsidiaries are defined by legal provisions on acquisition of shares of the parent company by its subsidiaries.

Share buybacks under these authorization:  

Date of transaction Number of shares
bought back
Average
share price
Place of transaction
December 17, 2009 15,000 41.5949 Euronext Brussels
February 24, 2010 10,000 40.4783 Euronext Brussels
March 3, 2010 662 38.9986 Euronext Brussels
March 9, 2010 5,135 40.8179 Euronext Brussels
June  9, 2010 15,000 34.9767 Euronext Brussels
June 24, 2010 25,000 34.5994 Euronext Brussels
June 29, 2010 5,000 33.4643 Euronext Brussels
September 3, 2010 37,000 41.4512 Euronext Brussels
March 17, 2011 10,228 42.7204 Euronext Brussels
March 25, 2011 10,000 42.5971 Euronext Brussels
August 9, 2011 27,934  37.0144 Euronext Brussels
August 11, 2011  899  37.4967 Euronext Brussels
October 3, 2011 1,167 37.5000 Euronext Brussels
November 23, 2011 10,000 34,404 Euronext Brussels

As of November 25, 2011, EVS Broadcast Equipment owns 183,372 own shares.