STOCKHOLM, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In accordance with the resolution at the Annual General Meeting on April 2, 2020, Swedish Match AB (publ) has cancelled 7,750,000 repurchased treasury shares.
The share capital of 389,515,417.20 SEK remains unchanged, since, simultaneous with the resolution to reduce the share capital by means of withdrawal of repurchased treasury shares, it was resolved to increase the share capital by a transfer from non-restricted shareholders' equity to the share capital (bonus issue). Thereby the share capital was restored to its balance prior to the reduction, without the issuing of any new shares.
The total number of shares in the Company, including the treasury shares held by Swedish Match AB (publ) on April 30, 2020, amount to 162,200,000 shares with the equivalent amount of votes.
Contacts:
Thomas Hayes
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Office +46-8-658-0108
Emmett Harrison
Senior Vice President Investor Relations
Office +46-70-938-0173
This information is information that Swedish Match AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 10.00 a.m. CET on April 30, 2020.
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