Copenhagen, 2016-04-25 10:13 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 23
DFDS A/S has in week 16 purchased 45,560 own shares for DKK 10.8m 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 502,561 shares for DKK 119.9m amounts to 48.0% of the programme.
Purchase of own shares, week 16 | |||
Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
Accumulated week 15 | 457,001 | 238.8 | 109,116,145 |
18 April | 9,042 | 234.7 | 2,121,705 |
19 April | 11,303 | 234.0 | 2,644,902 |
20 April | 12,173 | 238.3 | 2,901,313 |
21 April | 13,042 | 241.2 | 3,146,122 |
Total week 16 | 45,560 | 237.4 | 10,814,042 |
Accumulated week 16 | 502,561 | 238.6 | 119,930,186 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,205,366 equal to 5.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,294,634.
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