Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana S.A. ("Grupo SURA") hereby informs the market of the progress made with the stock buyback operations, that began on April 19 following due authorization granted by the Company’s shareholders at their Ordinary Annual Meeting held on March 27, 2020 and which was duly regulated by the Company´s Board of Directors on March 26, 2021
At June 17, 2021, 1,019,808 ordinary and 183,458 preferred shares have been repurchased, at a weighted average price of COP 19,984.56 and COP 17,672.02 for each share respectively and for a total amount to date of COP 23,622,490,391, as shown below:
No. Shares | Type | Average Price* | Amount Repurchased* |
|
Subtotal | 1,019,808. | Ordinary shares |
19,984.56. | 20,380,416,201 |
Subtotal | 183,458. | Preferred shares |
17,672.02. | 3,242,074,190 |
Total | 716.099 | 23,622,490,391 |
* Value with approximation in decimals
In this regard, the Colombian Stock Exchange (BVC) has been issuing a weekly stock performance report in the form of its daily newsletter on Tuesdays of each week. It should be noted that during the period between April 29 and May 14, no buy-back operations were carried out, in compliance with the restriction on repurchases within a period of 15 days prior to the publication of the quarterly financial statements.
The operations herein described have been carried out: (i) with the assistance of the Board Committee appointed for this purpose; (ii) through the trading systems of the Colombian Stock Exchange, in accordance with applicable rules and regulations and pursuant to the External Circular published by the aforementioned authority; (iii) bids for both ordinary and preferred shares have been received in the same proportion as represented by both types of shares in the company's capital structure and; (iv) equal treatment has been guaranteed at all times for all shareholders and utmost transparency with the market has been ensured.