Copenhagen, 2015-10-12 09:48 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 83
DFDS A/S has in week 41 purchased 62,935 own shares for DKK 13.2m 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 1,137,970 shares for DKK 210.7m amounts to 70.2% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 40 | 1,075,035 | 183.8 | 197,581,690 |
| 05 October | 7,867 | 214.3 | 1,686,129 |
| 06 October | 10,489 | 214.4 | 2,248,444 |
| 07 October | 18,356 | 209.5 | 3,845,331 |
| 08 October | 13,986 | 206.6 | 2,889,650 |
| 09 October | 12,237 | 204.0 | 2,496,561 |
| Total week 41 | 62,935 | 209.2 | 13,166,115 |
| Accumulated week 41 | 1,137,970 | 185.2 | 210,747,805 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,533,220 equal to 5.6% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 63,250,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,716,780.
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
