Copenhagen, 2015-03-23 16:37 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 22
DFDS A/S has in week 12 purchased 12,823 own shares for DKK 9.6m 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 321,351 shares for DKK 183.4m amounts to 91.7% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 12 | |||
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 11 | 308,528 | 563.3 | 173,786,955 |
| 16 March | 4,596 | 751.0 | 3,451,504 |
| 17 March | 4,556 | 738.1 | 3,362,556 |
| 18 March | 2,622 | 748.9 | 1,963,590 |
| 19 March | 874 | 756.7 | 661,338 |
| 20 March | 175 | 758.0 | 132,650 |
| Total week 12 | 12,823 | 746.4 | 9,571,638 |
| Accumulated week 12 | 321,351 | 570.6 | 183,358,593 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 607,955 equal to 4.8% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,042,045.
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
