Monday, October 22, 2007
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Ahold today announced that it has repurchased 5,234,439 of its own common shares in the period from October 15, 2007 up to and including October 19, 2007. Shares were repurchased at an average price of €11.1217 per share for a total amount of €58.22 million. These repurchases were made as part of the €1 billion share buyback program announced on August 30, 2007.
The total number of shares repurchased under this program to date is 62,921,719 common shares for a total consideration of €658.2 million.
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