Copenhagen, 2015-03-09 11:27 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 19
DFDS A/S has in week 10 purchased 15,046 own shares for DKK 10.8m 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 298,740 shares for DKK 166.6m amounts to 83.3% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 10 | |||
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 9 | 283,694 | 549.4 | 155,863,626 |
| 02 March | 3,497 | 715.2 | 2,500,949 |
| 03 March | 3,498 | 713.0 | 2,494,074 |
| 04 March | 2,565 | 707.3 | 1,814,327 |
| 05 March | 1,755 | 714.8 | 1,254,474 |
| 06 March | 3,731 | 721.7 | 2,692,775 |
| Total week 10 | 15,046 | 714.9 | 10,756,599 |
| Accumulated week 10 | 298,740 | 557.7 | 166.620.225 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 589,596 equal to 4.7% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,060,404.
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
