Copenhagen, 2014-10-20 15:41 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 74
DFDS A/S has in week 42 purchased 12,674 own shares for DKK 5.5m 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 68,016 shares for DKK 31.3m amounts to 15.7% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 42 | ||||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK | |
| Accumulated week 41 | 55,342 | 466.2 | 25,801,700 | |
| 13 October | 2,079 | 439.7 | 914,157 | |
| 14 October | 3,491 | 439.0 | 1,532,549 | |
| 15 October | 2,733 | 440.7 | 1,204,351 | |
| 16 October | 4,371 | 430.9 | 1,883,595 | |
| 17 October | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total week 42 | 12,674 | 436.7 | 5,534,652 | |
| Accumulated week 42 | 68,016 | 460.7 | 31,336,352 | |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,083,998 equal to 8.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,216,002.
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
