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HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group plc
(the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “HMS Group”)
Transactions in own securities
Moscow, Russia – HMS Hydraulic Machines & Systems Group PLC (LSE: HMSG) announces today that it has purchased 1,187,681 of ordinary shares of the Company representing 1.01% of its issued share capital with an average price of US $3.66 per GDR. The GDRs were repurchased under the Company’s Share Buyback Program approved by the Company’s Shareholders General Meeting on May 21st, 2012.
The buyback program in respect of Global Depositary Receipts («GDRs»), each representing one ordinary share of the Company was approved for execution during the period from May 23rd, 2012 to May 23rd 2015, unless terminated earlier by the Company, on the London Stock Exchange at prevailing market prices.
Execution of the Company's buyback program is ongoing, with completion of the remaining amounts to be utilized under its previously announced terms. The amount and timing of the planned repurchases will be determined by the Company based on its evaluation of its financial condition, business opportunities and market conditions at the time.
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The HMS Group is the leading pump and compressor manufacturer, as well as provider of flow control solutions and related services to the oil and gas, nuclear and thermal power generation and water utilities sectors in Russia and the CIS. The HMS Group’s products are mission-critical elements of projects across a diverse range of industries. It has participated in a number of large-scale infrastructure projects in Russia, including providing pumps and modular equipment to the Vankor oil field and pumping stations on recent trunk pipelines projects linking Russia’s core oil producing areas to export ports on the Pacific Ocean and Baltic Sea. The Group reported revenues of RUB 7.3 billion, adjusted EBITDA of RUB 854 million and profit for the period of RUB 26 million for the 3 months ended March 31, 2013. The HMS Group’s global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) are listed under the symbol “HMSG” on the London Stock Exchange.
For further information, please contact:
| Sergey KlinkovHead of IRTel: +7 (495) 730-66-01, ext. 1302klinkov@hms.ru | Nozima KarimovaHead of Press ServiceTel: +7 (495) 730-66-10karimova@hms.ru |
DISCLAIMER
THIS COMMUNICATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, GDRs OR OTHER SECURITIES TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION TO WHOM OR IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL AND, IN PARTICULAR, IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THE HMS GROUP HAS NOT REGISTERED AND DOES NOT INTEND TO REGISTER ANY PORTION OF ANY OFFERING IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS STATEMENTS ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE FORWARD-LOOKING IN NATURE. ANY STATEMENT IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS NOT A STATEMENT OF HISTORICAL FACT IS A FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT THAT INVOLVES KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO DIFFER. THE HMS GROUP ASSUMES NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN TO REFLECT ACTUAL RESULTS, CHANGES IN ASSUMPTIONS OR CHANGES IN FACTORS AFFECTING THESE STATEMENTS.
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