Copenhagen, 2015-12-14 09:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 97
DFDS A/S has in week 50 purchased 28,843 own shares for DKK 7.8m 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 1,488,008 shares for DKK 292.5m amounts to 97.5% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 49 | 1,459,165 | 195.1 | 284,732,582 |
| 07 December | 6,118 | 274.3 | 1,677,945 |
| 08 December | 7,867 | 270.4 | 2,127,068 |
| 09 December | 4,370 | 265.5 | 1,160,104 |
| 10 December | 4,370 | 267.9 | 1,170,902 |
| 11 December | 6,118 | 264.3 | 1,617,009 |
| Total week 50 | 28,843 | 268.8 | 7,753,029 |
| Accumulated week 50 | 1,488,008 | 196.6 | 292,485,610 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,133,258 equal to 3.5% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,366,742.
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
