Copenhagen, 2016-04-11 10:12 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 21
DFDS A/S has in week 14 purchased 55,471 own shares for DKK 13.1m 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 400,660 shares for DKK 95.9m amounts to 38.4% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 13 | 345,189 | 239.9 | 82,794,027 |
| 04 April | 11,303 | 235.6 | 2,662,422 |
| 05 April | 11,303 | 236.0 | 2,667,169 |
| 06 April | 11,129 | 236.0 | 2,626,110 |
| 07 April | 10,781 | 237.6 | 2,561,242 |
| 08 April | 10,955 | 235.8 | 2,582,860 |
| Total week 14 | 55,471 | 236.2 | 13,099,803 |
| Accumulated week 14 | 400,660 | 239.3 | 95,893,830 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,103,465 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 58,396,535.
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
