Copenhagen, 2015-05-26 10:54 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement 45
DFDS A/S has in week 21 purchased 8,301 own shares for DKK 5.8m 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 39,334 shares for DKK 28.9m amounts to 9.6% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 20 | 31,033 | 744.6 | 23,107,855 |
| 18 May | 611 | 687,0 | 419,757 |
| 19 May | 1,398 | 695.1 | 971,778 |
| 20 May | 3,496 | 690.0 | 2.412,235 |
| 21 May | 2,622 | 714.0 | 1.872,197 |
| 22 May | 174 | 741.0 | 128,934 |
| Total week 21 | 8,301 | 699.3 | 5,804,901 |
| Accumulated week 21 | 39,334 | 735.1 | 28,912,756 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 588,513 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 12,061,487.
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
