Copenhagen, 2016-06-20 14:11 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DFDS A/S has in week 24 purchased 30,432 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 686,712 shares for DKK 173.9m amounts to 69.6% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 23 | 656,280 | 251.2 | 164,845,333 |
| 13 June | 1,740 | 300.3 | 522,452 |
| 14 June | 6,086 | 298.2 | 1,814,602 |
| 15 June | 7,825 | 296.7 | 2,321,912 |
| 16 June | 8,695 | 295.7 | 2,570,677 |
| 17 June | 6,086 | 299.4 | 1,822,148 |
| Total week 24 | 30,432 | 297.4 | 9,051,792 |
| Accumulated week 24 | 686,712 | 253.2 | 173,897,124 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,871,312 equal to 3.1% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,128,688.
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
