Copenhagen, 2016-07-18 13:13 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Announcement no. 42
DFDS A/S has in week 28 purchased 30,432 own shares for DKK 8.9m 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 808,089 shares for DKK 209.2m amounts to 83.7% of the programme.
Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
Accumulated week 27 | 777,657 | 257.6 | 200,296,511 |
11 July | 5,217 | 292.4 | 1,525,503 |
12 July | 6,086 | 294.7 | 1,793,483 |
13 July | 5,217 | 293.0 | 1,528,372 |
14 July | 6,956 | 293.9 | 2,044,299 |
15 July | 6,956 | 291.3 | 2,025,935 |
Total week 28 | 30,432 | 293.0 | 8,917,592 |
Accumulated week 28 | 808,089 | 258.9 | 209,214,103 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,992,689 equal to 3.3% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,007,311.
The share buyback programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buybacks).
Information about all transactions are available in the attached excel sheet.
Contact:
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59