Transactions under share buyback programme

Matas A/S
Changes in company's own shares

Transactions under share buyback programme

Company announcement 43 2016/17

Allerød, 2017-01-20 09:22 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of
Matas have resolved to initiate a share buyback programme in accordance with
the provisions of Article 5 of Regulation No. 596/2014 of the European
Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and Regulation 2016/1052, also
referred to as the "Safe Harbor" rules.  Please refer to company announcement
no. 15 dated 30 August 2016. 

The programme, which was initiated with a view to cancelling the shares bought
back, amounts to DKK 150 million and runs from and including 1 September 2016
through 31 March 2017 at the latest. 

Under the share buyback programme, the following transactions have been made
during the period 13 January 2017 – 19 January 2017: 



Trading day                   Number of      Average purchase        Transaction
                                 shares            price, DKK         value, DKK
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13 January 2017                   8,000                101.94            815,520
16 January 2017                   7,000                102.15            715,050
17 January 2017                   7,000                102.85            719,950
18 January 2017                   8,000                102.63            821,040
19 January 2017                   7,000                103.04            721,280
                                                                                
Accumulated the last 5           37,000                102.51          3,792,840
 trading days                                                                   
Accumulated under the         1,206,488                108.46        130,852,536
 program                                                                        
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Following the transactions, Matas has purchased a total number of 1,206,488
shares since 1 September 2016 and holds 1,468,436 treasury shares, equivalent
to 3.74% of the company's total share capital. 

We enclose share buy-back transactions data in detailed form provided in
accordance with the Commissions delegated regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of 8 March
2016. 



Please address any questions to Søren Mølbak, Head of Investor Relations, at
tel +45 48 1655 48. 





Matas A/S