Copenhagen, 2014-09-08 18:56 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 63
DFDS A/S has in week 36 and on 8 September purchased 17,792 own shares equal to DKK 8.5m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 200m launched 28 Febru-ary 2014, re. company announcement no. 8/2014.
| Purchase of own shares, week 36 & 8 September and total programme | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| 1 September | 4,544 | 481 | 2,185,907 |
| 2 September | 2,813 | 476 | 1,340,205 |
| 3 September | 2,797 | 473 | 1,324,077 |
| 4 September | 2,098 | 477 | 1,001,305 |
| 5 September | 3,355 | 478 | 1,603,998 |
| 8 September | 2,185 | 480 | 1,048,941 |
| Total w 36 & 8 Sep. | 17,792 | 478.0 | 8,504,432 |
| Total programme | 446,619 | 447.8 | 199,999,247 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,015,982 equal to 7.6% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of shares is 12,284,018.
The programme has now been completed with the accumulated share buy-back of 446,619 shares amounting to 100.0% of the programme.
An extraordinary general meeting is expected to be held in November 2014 where a proposal to cancel the acquired shares under the programme will be put forward.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
Contacts:
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59
