Copenhagen, 2014-12-15 13:51 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 90
DFDS A/S has in week 50 purchased 14,991 own shares for DKK 8.6m 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 171,570 shares for DKK 84.6m amounts to 42.3% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 50 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 49 | 156,579 | 485.6 | 76,030,363 |
| 08 December | 3,759 | 583.6 | 2,193,752 |
| 09 December | 3,759 | 573.2 | 2,154,772 |
| 10 December | 3,299 | 568.9 | 1,876,636 |
| 11 December | 3,649 | 557.1 | 2,032,675 |
| 12 December | 525 | 557.0 | 292,425 |
| Total week 50 | 14,991 | 570.4 | 8,550,261 |
| Accumulated week 50 | 171,570 | 493.0 | 84,580,624 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,144,957 equal to 8.6% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,155,043.
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
