SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 6 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR] said on Wednesday it has acquired 924,732 of its own shares at an average weighted price of 4.27 levs ($2.6/2.2 euro) apiece as part of its share repurchase programme.
The shares, representing a stake of 0.686% in the company, were bought back in the period December 1 – December 5, Sopharma said in a statement.
On Tuesday, over 6 million Sopharma shares changed hands on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in a total of 158 transactions at a weighted average price of 4.27 levs apiece ($2.59/2.18 euro), bourse data showed.
Currently, Sopharma holds 6.08 million of its own shares, equal to a 4.51% stake in the company.
Sopharma plans to repurchase 10% of its own shares under the buyback programme approved in June 2010.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)