Copenhagen, 2015-05-18 15:11 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Company announcement no. 42/2015
DFDS A/S has in week 20 purchased 4,730 own shares for DKK 3.5m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 300m launched on 22 April 2015 and expiring latest on 31 December 2015, ref. company announcement no. 33/2015 of 21 April 2015.
The accumulated share buy-back of 31,033 shares for DKK 23.1m amounts to 7.7% of the programme.
Purchase of own shares, week 20 | |||
Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
Accumulated week 19 | 26,303 | 744.2 | 19,575,457 |
11 May | 1,753 | 753.4 | 1,320,731 |
12 May | 1,666 | 744.9 | 1,240,941 |
13 May | 1,311 | 740.4 | 970,726 |
Total week 20 | 4,730 | 746.8 | 3,532,397 |
Accumulated week 20 | 31,033 | 744.6 | 23,107,855 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 580,212 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 12,069,788.
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
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59