Copenhagen, 2015-08-03 11:29 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DFDS A/S has in week 31 purchased 11,662 own shares for DKK 10.9m 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 138,847 shares for DKK 117.6m amounts to 39.2% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 30 | 127,185 | 839.3 | 106,745,479 |
| 27 July | 3,496 | 926.0 | 3,237,188 |
| 28 July | 174 | 934.2 | 162,551 |
| 29 July | 2,797 | 946.5 | 2,647,492 |
| 30 July | 3,496 | 932.4 | 3,259,651 |
| 31 July | 1,699 | 932.1 | 1,583,715 |
| Total week 31 | 11,662 | 933.9 | 10,890,597 |
| Accumulated week 31 | 138,847 | 847.2 | 117,636,076 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 660,178 equal to 5.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulat-ing shares is 11,989,822.
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
