September 2 (SeeNews) - Slovenian pharmaceuticals producer Krka [LJE:KRKG] said it raised its own shareholdings to 5.257% from 5.245% after repurchasing 4,026 of its shares for an overall 396,796 euro ($396,712) on the Ljubljana bourse on Friday.
Krka bought 941 shares at 98.91 euro each on August 26, a further 511 shares at 98.05 euro each on August 29, 846 shares at 98.62 euro on August 30, 852 shares at 98.70 euro on August 31, as well as 876 shares at 98.27 euro each on September 1, it said in a bourse filing.
Prior to the transactions, Krka held 1,720,055 of its own shares. Following the repurchase, it now holds 1,716,246 own shares.
The share purchase is part of Krka's new share buyback programme, launched in July 2020, under which the company plans to acquire a maximum of just over 1.84 million own shares over the following 36 months. The maximum pecuniary amount allocated to the programme is 356.4 million euro.
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