Copenhagen, 2014-12-01 15:40 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 86
DFDS A/S has in week 48 purchased 14,450 own shares for DKK 7.8m 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 145,565 shares for DKK 69.9m amounts to 34.9% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 48 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 47 | 131,115 | 473.5 | 62,084,207 |
| 24 November | 2,972 | 541.7 | 1,610,022 |
| 25 November | 3,059 | 542.9 | 1,660,731 |
| 26 November | 2,780 | 538.3 | 1,496,446 |
| 27 November | 3,497 | 538.8 | 1,884,009 |
| 28 November | 2,142 | 540.2 | 1,157,044 |
| Total week 48 | 14,450 | 540.4 | 7,808,252 |
| Accumulated week 48 | 145,565 | 480.1 | 69,892,459 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,130,845 equal to 8.5% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,169,155.
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
