The Board of Directors of IMS S.A. (“Company”, “Issuer”) informs that on 26 July 2018, acting pursuant to Resolution No. 19 of the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of 9 June 2016, Resolution No. 19 of the AGM of Shareholders of 25 May 2017 and Resolution No. 26 of the AGM of 6 June 2018, it sold the own shares in the number of 20,000 (representing 0.06% of the share capital and giving right to 20,000 votes representing 0.06% share in the Company’s total number of votes) acquired as part of earlier conducted own shares acquisition programmes. The purchaser of the shares is Aria spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością i Wspólnicy spółka komandytowa (limited partnership) with its registered office in Warsaw (“Aria”), an entity related to the member of the Supervisory Board of the Issuer, Mr Andrzej Chajec.
The sale price of one share of the Issuer was established at PLN 3.55 (the arithmetic mean of closing prices of 60 stock exchange trading sessions in the period from 25 April to 20 July 2018). The value of all Issuer’s shares sold is PLN 71 thousand.
At the same time, the Board of the Company informs that today it acquired 14 shares (representing 6.8% of the share capital and giving right to 6.8% votes in the shareholders’ meeting) in Mood Factory Sp. z o.o. (“Mood Factory”), a controlled by the Issuer and fast developing subsidiary in which the Issuer already holds 178 shares (representing 86.4% of the share capital and giving right to 86.4% of votes in the shareholders’ meeting).
The acquisition price of shares in Mood Factory was established at PLN 71 thousand. The Seller of Mood Factory shares is the Aria company. As a result of the conducted transaction the parties shall make a mutual deduction of the liability. After the transaction the Issuer shall hold 192 shares (representing 93.2% of the share capital and giving right to 93.2% of votes in the shareholders’ meeting) in Mood Factory Sp. z o.o.
Detailed legal basis: Article 5 section 1 letter b) of the Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse