EANS-Adhoc: Hypoport AG
Hypoport AG approves share repurchase programme
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the WpHG transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02.05.2012 Berlin, 02. May 2012: The Management Board of Hypoport AG has today decided to repurchase up to 60,000 of the Company's own shares exclusively through the stock market for a total purchase price of no more than EUR900,000 (excluding purchase-related costs). The maximum volume of shares that may be repurchased during the buy-back programme has been set at 1,000 shares per day. The purpose of this programme is to provide treasury shares for employee share ownership schemes and other means of issuing shares to employees of the Company and the Hypoport Group. The shares will be repurchased under the authorisation granted by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 4 June 2010 for the Company to purchase its own shares. The Supervisory Board has approved this share buy-back programme. The repurchase of shares will commence no sooner than 8 May 2012 and will be completed by no later than 31 December 2012. The shares will be repurchased in accordance with section 14 (2) of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) in conjunction with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 ('safe harbour'). The details of the share buy-back will be announced before the programme commences. Further inquiry note: Ines Cumbrowski Manager Group Legal Telefon: +49(0)30 42086-1005 E-Mail: ines.cumbrowski@hypoport.de end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: Hypoport AG Klosterstraße 71 D-10179 Berlin phone: +49(0)30 42086-0 FAX: +49(0)30 42086-1999 mail: ir@hypoport.de WWW: http://www.hypoport.de sector: Financial & Business Services ISIN: DE0005493365 indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English
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