Kvika banki hf.: Transaction in relation to a share buyback programme

In week 34 Kvika banki hf. („Kvika“ or „the bank“) purchased 10,000,000 of its own shares at the purchase price 236,850,000 ISK. See further details below:

Date	Time	No. of shares purchased	Share price (rate)	Purchase price
23.8.2021	09:48:56	1,200,000	24.075	28,890,000
23.8.2021	09:49:08	800,000	24.075	19,260,000
24.8.2021	09:40:14	2,000,000	23.950	47,900,000
25.8.2021	09:40:34	1,000,000	23.700	23,700,000
25.8.2021	09:40:56	1,000,000	23.700	23,700,000
26.8.2021	10:10:43	1,000,000	23.500	23,500,000
26.8.2021	10:35:53	1,000,000	23.300	23,300,000
27.8.2021	09:48:11	1,000,000	23.300	23,300,000
27.8.2021	10:07:10	1,000,000	23.300	23,300,000
Total		10,000,000		236,850,000

The trade is in accordance with Kvika‘s buyback programme, announced on 16 July 2021 and based on the authorisation of a shareholders‘ meeting of Kvika held on 21 April 2021.

Kvika held 48,000,000 own shares prior to the notified transacton and has, thus, purchased a total of 58,000,000 shares under the buyback programme, which corresponds to 1.22% of issued shares in the company, an increase in share capital was announced on 27 August. Total purchase price is 1,392,187,500 ISK. Buyback under the programme will amount to a maximum of 117,256,300 million shares. Additionally TM tryggingar hf., Kvika‘s subsidiary, owns 6,400,000 shares which it owned when Kvika and TM hf. merged.

The buyback programme is in effect from 19 July 2021 until Kvika‘s annual general meeting 2022, unless the maximum amount of purchased shares will be reached before that time.

The buyback programme was executed in accordance with Chapter VIII. of Act No. 2/1995 on Public Limited Companies and Chapter II of the Annex to Regulation No. 630/2005 on Inside Information and Market Abuse, “Trade in own shares under buy-back programmes and the stabilisation of financial instruments”, with later amendments.

Further information: Halldór Karl Högnason, Head of Treasury via tel. (+354) 540 3200.