Copenhagen, 2014-12-08 12:25 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 87
DFDS A/S has in week 49 purchased 11,014 own shares for DKK 6.1m 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 156,579 shares for DKK 76.0m amounts to 38.0% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 49 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 48 | 145,565 | 480.1 | 69,892,459 |
| 01 December | 3,497 | 550.1 | 1,923,700 |
| 02 December | 1,486 | 559.7 | 831,699 |
| 03 December | 3,649 | 557.8 | 2,035,449 |
| 04 December | 1,573 | 556.4 | 875,280 |
| 05 December | 809 | 583.2 | 471,776 |
| Total week 49 | 11,014 | 557.3 | 6,137,904 |
| Accumulated week 49 | 156,579 | 485.6 | 76,030,363 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,129,966 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 12,170,034.
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
