Biotage AB launches share buy-back

Regulatory News:

The board of directors of Biotage AB (publ) (STO:BIOTA) has resolved to start a share buy-back program in accordance with the Annual General Meeting’s resolution to authorize the board to decide on the acquisition and sale of the company’s own shares.

At the Annual General Meeting held on 28 April 2014, the board was authorized to decide on the acquisition and sale of the company’s own shares up and until the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The shares acquired may not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of outstanding Biotage shares at any time. The purpose of the repurchase program is to give the board a wider freedom of action in the work with the company’s capital structure and thereby improve shareholder value. Acquisition and sale of shares will take place on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm at a price within the price interval at any time recorded. Biotage currently does not own any own shares. Previously repurchased 5,146,883 shares have been withdrawn in accordance with the Annual General Meeting’s resolution on 28 April 2014.

Uppsala April 28, 2014

Biotage discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 5:45pm on 28 April 2014.

About Biotage

Biotage offers efficient separation technologies for use within analytical all the way up to industrial scale as well as highly qualitative solutions for analytical chemistry in research and at commercial analytical laboratories. Biotage’s products are used by e.g. governmental authorities, academic institutions, pharma and food industries. The company is headquartered in Uppsala and has offices in the US, UK, China and Japan. Biotage has approx. 290 employees and had sales of 445 MSEK in 2013. Biotage is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Stockholm stock exchange. Website: www.biotage.com

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