Sistema PJSFC (SSA)
Sistema PJSFC: Sistema reports acquisition of shares under buyback programme
21-Oct-2019 / 18:00 MSK
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Sistema reports acquisition of shares under buyback programme
Moscow, 21 October 2019 - Sistema PJSFC ("Sistema" or the "Company") (LSE:
SSA, MOEX: AFKS), a publicly traded diversified Russian holding company,
announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sistema Finance JSC ("Sistema
Finance") acquired 9,487,691 of the Company's ordinary shares (ISIN:
RU000A0DQZE3) pursuant to the buyback programme announced on 17 September
2019 (the "Programme"). The shares were purchased on Moscow Exchange (MOEX)
by the broker on behalf of Sistema Finance between 10 and 16 October 2019
and subsequently transferred to Sistema Finance on 18 October 2019.
Aggregated information:
Date(s) of purchase by Number of shares VWAP of shares
the broker on MOEX purchased purchased , RUB
10.10.2019 1,026,900 12.59
11.10.2019 2,171,611 12.47
14.10.2019 1,396,780 12.55
15.10.2019 3,300,000 12.82
16.10.2019 1,592,400 12.87
Sistema was notified of the acquisition by Sistema Finance on 21 October
2019.
Since the beginning of the Programme Sistema Finance has acquired 49,812,271
ordinary shares.
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Sistema is a publicly-traded diversified Russian holding company serving
over 150 million customers in the sectors of telecommunications, high
technology, financial services, retail, paper and packaging, agriculture,
real estate, tourism and medical services. The company was founded in 1993.
Revenue in 2018 was RUB 777.4 bn; total assets equalled RUB 1.5 trn as of 31
December 2018. Sistema's global depositary receipts are listed under the
"SSA" ticker on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema's ordinary shares are
listed under the "AFKS" ticker on the Moscow Exchange. Website:
www.sistema.com [1]
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For further information, please visit www.sistema.com [1] or contact:
Investor Relations Public Relations
Nikolai Minashin Sergey Kopytov
Tel: +7 (495) 730 66 00 Tel.: +7 (495) 228 15 32
n.minashin@sistema.ru kopytov@sistema.ru
This document does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to
sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe
for, any shares or other securities of PJSFC Sistema and/or any of its
subsidiaries and affiliated companies, nor shall any part of it nor the fact
of its distribution form part of or be relied on in connection with any
contract or investment decision relating thereto, nor does it constitute a
recommendation regarding the shares or securities of PJSFC Sistema and/or
any of its subsidiaries and affiliated companies.
ISIN: US48122U2042
Category Code: MSCM
TIDM: SSA
LEI Code: 213800JSZ2UUK4QQK694
Sequence No.: 24115
EQS News ID: 893549
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