Copenhagen, 2015-09-28 11:43 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no 79
The 24th September 2015 was the first day of trading following DFDS’ 1:5 stock split as approved by the extraordinary general meeting on 17 September 2015. The share buyback reporting for week 39 has been adjusted accordingly.
DFDS A/S has in week 39 purchased 28,303 own shares for DKK 6.3m 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 1,024,693 shares for DKK 186.7m amounts to 62.2% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 38 | 996,390 | 181.0 | 180,347,960 |
| 21 September* | 4,445 | 224.6 | 998,536 |
| 22 September* | 5,705 | 222.3 | 1,268,070 |
| 23 September* | 1,720 | 222.4 | 382,533 |
| 24 September | 7,692 | 222.8 | 1,713,911 |
| 25 September | 8,741 | 223.0 | 1,948,836 |
| Total week 39 | 28,303 | 223.0 | 6,311,886 |
| Accumulated week 39 | 1,024,693 | 182.2 | 186,659,846 |
*Adjusted for comparison purposes in accordance with DFDS’ 1:5 stock split that came into effect on 24 September 2015.
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,458,403 equal to 5.5% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 63,250,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,791,597.
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
