LINZ (dpa-AFX) - The Austrian technology group Kontron intends to buy back its own shares worth up to EUR 10 million. Starting in July, up to 434,000 own shares are to be acquired at a maximum price of EUR 23 per share, as the company announced in Linz on Friday. The current valuation of the shares represents a "very attractive level" in the view of the Management Board, and the liquidity situation is also "excellent". Kontron is currently worth just under EUR 1.3 billion on the stock exchange. Following the announcement, the shares rose by more than one percent to EUR 20.40./niw/ngu