Eimskip: Transaction in relation to a share buy-back program

In week 43 2023 Eimskip purchased 165,000 of its own shares, at a purchase price of ISK 77,946,000 as further stipulated below:

Date	Time	No. of shares	Share price	Purchase price
23.10.2023	09:36	33,000	471.50	15,559,500
24.10.2023	15:15	33,000	472.50	15,592,500
25.10.2023	09:54	33,000	472.50	15,592,500
26.10.2023	09:54	33,000	472.50	15,592,500
27.10.2023	11:26	33,000	473.00	15,609,000
Total		165,000		77,946,000

The trade is in accordance with Eimskip‘s buy-back program as published on Nasdaq Iceland on 10 October 2023.

Eimskip held 1,989,320 own shares prior to the notified transactions, and holds 2,154,320 after them, or the equivalent of 1.28% of issued shares in the company.

Under current buy-back program Eimskip has purchased a total of 429,000 shares in the company, corresponding to 19.95% of the maximum amount of shares to be purchased under this program. Total purchase price is ISK 203,857,500 corresponding to 20,39% of the maximum ISK amount of the buy-back program.

Buy-back under the program will amount to a maximum of 2,150,000 shares and the market value amount will not exceed ISK 1,000,000,000. The buy-back program is in effect for 18 months post the Annual General Meeting held 9 March 2023, unless the conditions for maximum purchase are met before that time.

The execution of the buy-back program is according to Act on Public Limited Companies, No. 2/1995. In addition, the buy-back program must be implemented as provided for in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council no. 596/2014, on market abuse, as well as the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 on regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programs and stabilization measures, which supplements that Regulation.

For further information please contact
Guðbjörg Birna Björnsdóttir, Head of Treasury and Investor Relations, tel: +354 844 4752, email:  investors@eimskip.com

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