Copenhagen, 2015-02-23 12:19 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 15
DFDS A/S has in week 8 purchased 12,311 own shares for DKK 8.2m 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 270,321 shares for DKK 146.4m amounts to 73.2% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 8 | |||
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 7 | 258,010 | 535.6 | 138,198,978 |
| 16 February | 2,972 | 658.8 | 1,957,924 |
| 17 February | 2,972 | 660.2 | 1,962,114 |
| 18 February | 2,972 | 671.9 | 1,996,976 |
| 19 February | 612 | 671.6 | 411,001 |
| 20 February | 2,783 | 678.3 | 1,887,681 |
| Total week 8 | 12,311 | 667.3 | 8,215,696 |
| Accumulated week 8 | 270,321 | 541.6 | 146,414,675 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 586,814 equal to 4.6% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,063,186.
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).
Contact persons:
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59
