Copenhagen, 2014-10-27 16:40 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 76
DFDS A/S has in week 43 purchased 11,769 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 79,785 shares for DKK 36.8m amounts to 18.4% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 43 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 42 | 68,016 | 460.7 | 31,336,352 |
| 20 October | 3,780 | 448.7 | 1,696,048 |
| 21 October | 262 | 459.0 | 120,258 |
| 22 October | 2,797 | 476.8 | 1,333,666 |
| 23 October | 1,836 | 476.3 | 874,468 |
| 24 October | 3,094 | 479.2 | 1,482,583 |
| Total week 43 | 11,769 | 467.9 | 5,507,023 |
| Accumulated week 43 | 79,785 | 461.8 | 36,843,375 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,095,767 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 12,204,233.
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
