Copenhagen, 2014-10-06 18:01 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 72
DFDS A/S has in week 40 purchased 16,352 own shares for DKK 7.6m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 200m launched on 9 September 2014 and expiring latest on 30 June 2015, re. company announcement no. 65/2014 of 8 September 2014.
The accumulated share buy-back of 41,377 shares for DKK 19.5m amounts to 9.7% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 40 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 39 | 25,025 | 476.4 | 11,920,683 |
| 29 September | 4,371 | 470.0 | 2,054,283 |
| 30 September | 3,016 | 462.7 | 1,395,443 |
| 01 October | 3,584 | 459.6 | 1,647,027 |
| 02 October | 3,895 | 459.1 | 1,788,233 |
| 03 October | 1,486 | 460.6 | 684,437 |
| Total week 40 | 16,352 | 462.9 | 7,569,423 |
| Accumulated week 40 | 41,377 | 471.0 | 19,490,105 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,057,359 equal to 8.0% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,242,641.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
Contact persons:
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59
