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


In week 4 2026 Eimskip purchased 40,000 of its own shares, at a purchase price of ISK 10,580,000 as further stipulated below:

DateTimeNo. of sharesShare pricePurchase price
19.01.202614:3735,0002649,240,000
21.01.202612:505,0002681,340,000


The repurchase according to the share buy-back program is completed.

Under current buy-back program, Eimskip has purchased a total of 2,249,680 shares in the company, corresponding to 99.99% of the maximum number of shares to be purchased under this program. Total purchase price is ISK 670,423,000, corresponding to 89,39% of the maximum ISK amount of the buy-back program.

The trade is in accordance with Eimskip‘s buy-back program as published on Nasdaq Iceland on 29 September 2025. The number of shares to be acquired under the buy-back program will be up to 2,250,000, at a total purchase price which may not exceed ISK 750,000,000. The buy-back program is in effect for 18 months post the Annual General Meeting held 27 March 2025, unless the conditions for maximum purchase are met before that time.

Eimskip held 3,935,000 shares prior to the notified transactions, and holds 3,975,000 after them, or the equivalent of 2.40% of issued shares in the company.

The execution of the buy-back program must comply with the Act on Public Limited Companies, No. 2/1995. In addition, the buy-back program will be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on market abuse, as well as Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 with regard to regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programmes, and the Icelandic Act on Measures Against Market Abuse No. 60/2021.

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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