On August 29th Nekkar announced its decision to initiate a share buy-back program. The share buy-back program is executed in accordance with the authorization granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting of Nekkar held on May 30, 2023. The program will be used for corporate purposes in accordance with the above-mentioned authorization. The share buy-back program covers purchase of up to 10,742,711 shares, and the maximum amount of the program shall be NOK 80 million. The program commenced on August 31st and is planned finalized within June 30th, 2024 at the latest.  

The share buy-back program is managed by Pareto Securities, which makes its trading decisions regarding the timing of the share repurchases independently of, without influence by, and without access to sensitive information concerning, Nekkar.

During week 9 of 2024, Nekkar purchased 47,000 own shares at an average price of NOK 10.2529 per share. Following this, Nekkar owns a total of 2,089,328 own shares, corresponding to 1.945 percent of the shares in the company.

Below is a more detailed overview of the transactions carried out under the buy-back program.

Date Number of shares Average price (NOK) Total transaction value (NOK)
26/02/2024 23,300 10.0538 241,870.31
27/02/2024 4,700  9.8433

49,224.04

28/02/2024 8,000  10.4248 80,660.00

29/02/2024

 6,000 10.2913 60,180.00
01/03/2024  5,000 10.2860

49,950.00

Previously announced buy-backs under the program 2,035,696 8.71761 17,746,405.76
Total buy-back made under the program 2,082,696 8.75226 18,228,290.11

Appendix: For a comprehensive overview of all transactions conducted under the buy-back program during the aforementioned time frame, we have attached an appendix to this report

Disclosure regulation

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Contacts

  • Marianne Voreland Ottosen, Head of finance, Nekkar ASA, +4740202593, mvo@nekkar.com

About Nekkar ASA

Nekkar (OSE: NKR) is an industrial technology group offering impact technologies combined with high-end software solutions. The group combines 50 years' heritage from the world's number one shiplift company, Syncrolift, with new investments into sustainable, digitalised technology businesses that aim to unlock growth within ocean-based industries such as offshore energy, renewables and aquaculture.

Attachments

  • NKR buy back 04032024.pdf

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