Copenhagen, 2016-07-02 22:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DFDS A/S has in week 26 purchased 31,996 own shares for DKK 9.2m 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 749,313 shares for DKK 192.2m amounts to 76.9% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 25 | 717,317 | 255.2 | 183,028,944 |
| 27 June | 8,695 | 281.4 | 2,447,034 |
| 28 June | 6,086 | 284.0 | 1,728,667 |
| 29 June | 5,912 | 282.2 | 1,668,307 |
| 30 June | 6,086 | 292.2 | 1,778,390 |
| 01 July | 5,217 | 294.6 | 1,537,085 |
| Total week 26 | 31,996 | 286.3 | 9,159,483 |
| Accumulated week 26 | 749,313 | 256.5 | 192,188,427 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,933,913 equal to 3.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,066,087.
The share buyback 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
