Copenhagen, 2015-10-05 11:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 82
DFDS A/S has in week 40 purchased 50,342 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 1,075,035 shares for DKK 197.6m amounts to 65.9% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 39 | 1,024,693 | 182.2 | 186,659,846 |
| 28 September | 8,741 | 225.5 | 1,971,375 |
| 29 September | 9,615 | 217.1 | 2,087,214 |
| 30 September | 11,447 | 214.0 | 2,449,712 |
| 01 October | 11,798 | 217.0 | 2,560,452 |
| 02 October | 8,741 | 212.0 | 1,853,092 |
| Total week 40 | 50,342 | 217.0 | 10,921,844 |
| Accumulated week 40 | 1,075,035 | 183.8 | 197,581,690 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,470,285 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 59,779,715.
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
