Copenhagen, 2014-10-13 12:24 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 73
DFDS A/S has in week 41 purchased 13,965 own shares for DKK 6.3m 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 55,342 shares for DKK 25.8m amounts to 12.9% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 41 | ||||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK | |
| Accumulated week 40 | 41,377 | 471.0 | 19,490,105 | |
| 06 October | 2,921 | 459.8 | 1,342,930 | |
| 07 October | 3,846 | 459.2 | 1,765,929 | |
| 08 October | 3,128 | 448.8 | 1,403,753 | |
| 09 October | 2,750 | 445.2 | 1,224,163 | |
| 10 October | 1,320 | 435.5 | 574,820 | |
| Total week 41 | 13,965 | 452.0 | 6,311,595 | |
| Accumulated week 41 | 55,342 | 466.2 | 25,801,700 | |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,071,324 equal to 8.1% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,228,676.
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).
Contacts:
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59
