Munich Re resolves share buy-back
5:00 PM CET 03/19/2019
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In the period commencing after the 2019 Annual General Meeting and extending up to the 2020 Annual General Meeting, Munich Re intends to buy back shares for a maximum purchase price of €1bn.
On the basis of the authorisation granted by the Annual General Meeting on 25 April 2018, Munich Reinsurance Company’s Board of Management has resolved to buy back shares for a maximum total purchase price of €1bn (excluding incidental expenses) in the period between 2 May 2019 and, at the latest, the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2020. On the basis of the current share price (status: 18 March 2019), this would amount to around 3.1% of the share capital and would correspond to around 4.6 million shares. The own shares acquired under the 2018/2019 share buy-back programme in the period from 25 April 2018 to no later than the Company's Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2019 are to be retired.
Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft in München
Königinstraße 107
80802 München
Germany
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