Copenhagen, 2014-12-22 11:13 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement nr. 91
DFDS A/S has in week 51 purchased 14,271 own shares for DKK 8.0m 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 185,841 shares for DKK 92.6m amounts to 46.3% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 51 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 50 | 171,570 | 493.0 | 84,580,624 |
| 15 December | 1,610 | 565.8 | 911,002 |
| 16 December | 3,934 | 559.2 | 2,199,814 |
| 17 December | 3,497 | 554.5 | 1,938,912 |
| 18 December | 2,171 | 567.5 | 1,232,043 |
| 19 December | 3,059 | 570.1 | 1.744.058 |
| Total week 51 | 14,271 | 562.4 | 8,025,829 |
| Accumulated week 51 | 185,841 | 498.3 | 92,606,453 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,152,334 equal to 8.7% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,147,666.
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
