Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. - Announcement to the Market - Trading
of Own Shares for Treasury
SAO PAULO, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
1. On November 18, 2004, in
keeping with the best Corporate Governance practice, Itau Unibanco
Holding S.A. ("Itau Unibanco") voluntarily disclosed its "Operating
Rules for the Trading of Own Shares for Treasury"("Rules").
2. Item 2.1.3 of the "Rules" established the obligation to
make monthly disclosure of the volumes of own shares traded on
stock exchanges by Itau Unibanco, and minimum, average and maximum
prices.
3. In this context, we wish to inform that during
October 2012, Itau Unibanco
acquired 800,000 preferred shares, the average acquisition price
for which was R$ 29.11 (maximum price
of R$ 29.57 and minimum of
R$ 28.61).
4. Considering the said acquisition, it should be kept in mind
that up to end of October 2012, we
had already acquired 4,300,000 preferred shares at the average
price of R$ 28.45 as shown in the
following table.
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2012
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Transaction
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Trading
Volume
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Prices - R$
per Share
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Minimum
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Average
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Maximum
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Preferred
Shares
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May
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Purchase
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3,500,000
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26.91
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28.30
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29.00
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October
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800,000
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28.61
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29.11
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29.57
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We would point out that these acquisitions relate to the share
buy-back program, effective until November
5, 2012, approved by the Board of Directors, authorizing the
acquisition of up to 9 million of common shares and 56.7 million in
preferred shares.
5. We would also inform that as from November 5, 2012 a new share buy-back program
will begin and terminate on November 4,
2013, the limit for which shall be increased to 100 million
shares, being 13.7 million common shares and 86.3 million preferred
shares.
We would remind readers that historical data is available in the
organization's Investor Relations site
(www.itau-unibanco.com/ir)
Sao Paulo - SP, November 1st, 2012.
Alfredo Egydio Setubal
Investor Relations Officer
A Publicly Listed Company
CNPJ. 60.872.504/0001-23
(BM&FBovespa: ITUB4 e ITUB3) (NYSE: ITUB)
Contact: 55-11-2794-3547
SOURCE Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.