Own shares

Acquisition of listed companies’ own shares is regulated in the rules of the Exchange, which are complemented with a separate Guideline on Own Shares of a Listed Company. The guideline is applied in the purchases of own shares on the Exchange and in informing of the purchases and dispositions.

A listed company may acquire at the most a 10-percent share of its own shares  by decision of shareholders’ meeting. The company shall disclose about the decision the shareholder's meeting to purchase or dispose own shares and further, when the company begins to purchase own shares. Further, the company shall inform the market of the purchases or dispositions before the opening of the trading day following the transactions. Acquisitions of own shares shall be executed so that the purchase does not cause exceptional market volatility. Equal treatment of shareholders shall be taken into account in the acquisitions.

Further information:

Head of Surveillance Janne Seppänen /NASDAQ OMX
Telephone +358 9 6166 7382
firstname.lastname@nasdaqomx.com