Sistema PJSFC (SSA)
Sistema PJSFC: Sistema reports acquisition of shares under buyback programme
28-Oct-2019 / 18:00 MSK
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Sistema reports acquisition of shares under buyback programme
Moscow, 28 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 15,393,500 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 17 and 23 October 2019
and subsequently transferred to Sistema Finance on 25 October 2019.
Aggregated information:
Date(s) of purchase by Number of shares VWAP of shares
the broker on MOEX purchased purchased , RUB
17.10.2019 2,466,700 13.02
18.10.2019 3,551,200 13.37
21.10.2019 35,400 13.65
22.10.2019 4,847,600 13.90
23.10.2019 4,492,600 13.97
Sistema was notified of the acquisition by Sistema Finance on 28 October
2019.
Since the beginning of the Programme Sistema Finance has acquired 65,205,771
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: POS
TIDM: SSA
LEI Code: 213800JSZ2UUK4QQK694
Sequence No.: 25525
EQS News ID: 898627
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