ELEKTA INITIATES REPURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
Stockholm, July 4, 2007
Elekta has on July 4, 2007, repurchased 154,200 B shares at an average price of SEK 117.37. Elekta’s current holding of own shares (treasury stock) amounts to 913,471 B shares. The total number of shares in Elekta as of 31 May, 2007 is 93,794,776.
The repurchases currently being carried out follows the Board’s decision on July 2, 2007, to mandate executive management to initiate on appropriate occasions the repurchase of shares amounting up to SEK 100 M, but maximized to 1,000,000 shares.
For information regarding implementation of additional purchases within this mandate, Elekta offers reference continually to http://omxgroup.com/nordicexchange.
Purchases will be made on the Nordic Exchange and at a price within the registered price interval at the time of each purchase. Purchases may be made during the period until the next Annual General Meeting. Elekta’s Board intends to suggest to the AGM that repurchased shares are cancelled.
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