23 senior executives within the
Swedish Match Group have acquired a total of 975,000 call options
in Swedish Match AB. This corresponds to full enrolment in the
option programme approved by the Board of Swedish Match. A
further 90,000 call options have been acquired by a subsidiary,
and will subsequently be offered to newly employed senior
executives.
Swedish Match acquired the call
options in question from a securities institute for sale on to
senior executives, within the framework of the offers. The
executives in question have received one option free of charge,
for every two options they acquired at market price.
The call options have varying
maturity and exercise prices. The exercise price is SEK 33:74 for
a three year maturity, and SEK 35:09 and SEK 36:44 for four and
five year maturity, respectively. The highest total number of
call options acquired by an individual senior executive is
105,000. The average price per option was approximately SEK 2:50.
Swedish Match is a company
specialised in Tobacco, Matches and Lighter products with a
turnover of approximately MSEK 7,500 and more than 6,500
employees in approximately
80 offices and factories
worldwide. Swedish Match is a listed company both at the
Stockholm Stock Exchange and at the NASDAQ, USA.
For additional information,
please contact:
| Bo Aulin,
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs |
Office: + 46
8 658 03 64 |
| |
Mobile: + 46
70 558 03 64 |
| |
Home: + 46 8
768 45 22 |
| Göran
Ekdahl, Vice President, Corporate Communications |
Office: + 46
8 658 01 62 |
| |
Mobile: + 46
70 858 11 62 |
| |
Home: + 46 8
768 38 22 |
| Boel
Sundvall, Vice President, Investor Relations |
Office: + 46
8 658 01 73 |
| |
Mobile: + 46
70 651 39 09 |
| |
Home: + 46 8
25 87 12 |
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