Copenhagen, 2016-05-02 11:03 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 24
DFDS A/S has in week 17 purchased 36,519 own shares for DKK 9.1m 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 539,080 shares for DKK 129.0m amounts to 51.6% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 17 | |||
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 16 | 502,561 | 238.6 | 119,930,186 |
| 25 April | 12,173 | 244.5 | 2,975,690 |
| 26 April | 8,695 | 244.7 | 2,127,493 |
| 27 April | 5,217 | 248.5 | 1,296,633 |
| 28 April | 5,217 | 251.0 | 1,309,415 |
| 29 April | 5,217 | 258.7 | 1,349,429 |
| Total week 17 | 36,519 | 248.1 | 9,058,660 |
| Accumulated week 17 | 539,080 | 239.3 | 128,988,846 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 3,241,885 equal to 5.3% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,258,115.
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).
