Catena Media Wraps up Share Buyback, Nets 2.3 Million Shares

Catena Media, the media keep company that built an imperium focusing on the gaming industry, now has to a greater extent shares inwards its possession. It has wrapped upwards a portion out buyback programme it began in September, adding 2.3 trillion to its collection.

Catena proclaimed the buyback this past July. It launched on Sept. 13. The idea was to tuck upwardly fellowship shares in monastic order to, subsequently, “promote a to a greater extent efficient uppercase usage.” Catena’s get on had ab initio sanctioned the buyback of as many as seven trillion ordinary bicycle shares.

From the pop of the drill until Nov. 17, Catena purchased 1.6 zillion shares. It then added another 817,700 to the big bucks from Nov. 17 to Dec. 3, according to an update from today. The tot up holdings match 3.1% of the company’s add shares, with Catena at present holding a combined 2,322,510 million.

More buybacks could come, but only when if Catena gets some additional “distributable profits.” Its plank of directors testament make the net decision on any future tense buybacks.

The sum up note value of the buyback was SEK132.5 billion (US$14.57 million).

New Shares to Be Issued in the Future

Catena’s inventory has seen a little volatility o'er the past tense week. As of Dec. 1,  the fellowship was trading at SEK51.66 (US$5.68) before dipping to SEK50.48 (US$5.55) a daytime later. It rose the morning of Dec. 3, reaching SEK51.70 (US$5.69), only if to come to SEK47.94 (US$5.27) as of 12:30 PM CET today. Its to the highest degree recent damage was SEK49.20 (US$5.41).

As it stands now, at that place are 75,570,137 issued Catena shares. This testament spread out to 76,180,121 after young shares are issued. That exercise is expected to accept set in alignment with the stock warrant exercising point proclaimed after Catena presented its Q3 meantime cover at the terminate of last month.

In accordance of rights with the guidelines naturalized for the buyback program, Catena cannot make more than 10% of the tally issued share capital. It is only when able-bodied to repurchase shares until its one-year general meeting, scheduled for May 23 of next year.

Catena Continues Growth inwards US

Catena has had a decent year, in the first place supported past expanding upon into the Second Earl of Guilford American market. The Q3 meanwhile report reflected operating revenue of €33 billion (US$37.22 million). This represented a 33% increase over the results from lastly year.

Seeing the returns from the North American market, Catena will go on to focus a lot of its efforts in the region. The accompany has rapidly bought into the young iGaming marketplace inwards the US, purchasing o'er 100 websites and domains this year. Among these are i15 Media LLC, gamblingonline.com, Michigansharp.com, NYSportsDay.com, and more.

Some of those purchases, such as that of i15 Media, carried hefty damage tags. Catena in agreement(p) to pay $45 jillion for i15 Media, turning o'er $12.5 jillion inwards cash at closing. $20 one thousand thousand will be paid inward deuce-ace installments over the next year. The balance testament live covered through and through the issuance of 2,207,357 Catena shares.