Copenhagen, 2016-04-04 09:49 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 19
DFDS A/S has in week 13 purchased 41,735 own shares for DKK 9.8m as part of the share buyback programme of DKK 250m launched on 12 February 2016 and expiring latest on 17 August 2016, ref. company announcement no. 4/2016 of 12 February 2016.
The accumulated share buy-back of 345,189 shares for DKK 82.8m amounts to 33.1% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 13 | |||
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 12 | 303,454 | 240.5 | 72,973,476 |
| 29 March | 11,303 | 233.6 | 2,640,720 |
| 30 March | 11,303 | 233.4 | 2,637,668 |
| 31 March | 10,434 | 238.0 | 2,483,709 |
| 01 April | 8,695 | 236.7 | 2,058,454 |
| Total week 13 | 41,735 | 235.3 | 9,820,552 |
| Accumulated week 13 | 345,189 | 239.9 | 82,794,027 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,047,994 equal to 5.0% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,452,006.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buybacks).
Contact
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59
