Lucas GC Limited Announces Status of US$6 Million Share Repurchase Program
November 08 2024 - 5:00PM
Lucas GC Limited (NASDAQ: LGCL) (“Lucas” or the “Company”), an
artificial intelligence (the “AI”) technology-driven
Platform-as-a-Service (the “PaaS”) company whose technologies have
been applied to the human resources, insurance and wealth
management industry verticals, today announced that in terms of the
share repurchase program that its board has approved, the Company
has made purchases, in the period between October 29, 2024 to
November 7, 2024, of 96,243 ordinary shares at an average purchase
price per share of US$1.2189 and for an overall price of
US$117,312.53 (excluding commissions and all other fees), which is
gated by the daily trading volume of LGCL.
Per the announcement made on August 8, 2024, the Company’s board
of directors had authorized a share repurchase program under which
the Company may repurchase up to US$6 million of its ordinary
shares, the same gross amount of proceeds that it raised in its
initial public offering completed in March 2024.
The following is a summary of the repurchase transactions made
in the course of the period in relation to the ordinary shares of
the Company, in detailed form.
Transaction Date |
Number of Shares Purchased |
Average Purchase Price (US$) |
Transaction Value (US$) |
10/29/2024 |
1,927 |
1.1600 |
2,233.32 |
10/30/2024 |
21,933 |
1.1600 |
25,441.28 |
11/01/2024 |
3 |
1.1300 |
3.39 |
11/04/2024 |
2000 |
1.1600 |
2,320.00 |
11/05/2024 |
25,940 |
1.2000 |
31,151.06 |
11/06/2024 |
25,940 |
1.2900 |
33,477.19 |
11/07/2024 |
18,500 |
1.2300 |
22,686.29 |
Accumulated Under the
Program |
96,243 |
1.2189 |
117,312.53 |
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With the transactions above, the Company owns a total of 96,243
ordinary shares as treasury shares, which represents approximately
0.121% of the Company’s issued share capital.
“We recorded a gross margin of 33.54% for the six months ended
June 30, 2024, representing an increase of 516 bps compared with
that of the six months ended June 30, 2023, thanks to our latest
strategy to position ourselves as a technology company rather than
a service company. We also had a strong growth of our user base:
our active registered users reached 702,060 by June 2024,
representing 10% growth in 1H 2024, compared to Dec 2023, setting
the stage for strong revenue growth for the future, not only within
human resource services, but in the areas such as IT outsourcing
and information services. In 2024 we have obtained two significant
patents that further solidify our technological leads in the AI
area with wide applications in such verticals as human resources,
insurance and wealth management; signed two strategic agreements
with publicly traded financial institutions to port our AI LLM
technology into wealth management vertical which significantly
increases our TAMs (Total Available Markets); and to partner with a
leading AI firm publicly traded in the main board of Hong Kong
Stock Exchange to develop AI training courses. As a result, we are
confident that these initiatives will have positive impacts on both
our top and bottom lines going forward. While the macro-economic
environment remains uncertain, Lucas’ ordinary shares are currently
trading well below our intrinsic valuation. We believe now is the
right time to start implementing the repurchase program. And we
will continue to buy back shares from time to time in order to
maximize our shareholder values.” said Howard Lee, CEO and Chairman
of the Board of Lucas.
About Lucas GC Limited
With 18 granted U.S. and Chinese patents and over 74 registered
software copyrights in the AI, data analytics and blockchain
technologies, Lucas GC Limited is an AI technology-driven Platform
as a Service (PaaS) company with over 702,060 agents working on its
platform. Lucas’ technologies have been applied to the human
resources, insurance and wealth management industry verticals. For
more information, please visit: https://www.lucasgc.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
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expectations, plans, and prospects, as well as any other statements
regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute
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uncertainties related to market conditions. Any forward-looking
statements contained in this press release speak only as of the
date hereof, and Lucas GC Limited specifically disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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