Copenhagen, 2015-11-23 10:36 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 93
DFDS A/S has in week 47 purchased 32,568 own shares for DKK 8.0m 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 1,377,676 shares for DKK 262.4m amounts to 87.5% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 46 | 1,345,108 | 189.1 | 254,415,228 |
| 16 November | 6,993 | 228.9 | 1,600,359 |
| 17 November | 4,370 | 238.2 | 1,040,915 |
| 18 November | 8,741 | 242.1 | 2,116,352 |
| 19 November | 9,970 | 259.1 | 2,583,036 |
| 20 November | 2,494 | 269.4 | 671,952 |
| Total week 47 | 32,568 | 246.0 | 8,012,613 |
| Accumulated week 47 | 1,377,676 | 190.5 | 262,427,841 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,022,926 equal to 3.3% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,477,074.
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