Copenhagen, 2016-07-25 13:54 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Announcement no. 43
DFDS A/S has in week 29 purchased 29,562 own shares for DKK 8.8m 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 837,651 shares for DKK 218.0m amounts to 87.2% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 28 | 808,089 | 258.9 | 209,214,103 |
| 18 July | 5,217 | 294.3 | 1,535,154 |
| 19 July | 6,086 | 296.5 | 1,804,256 |
| 20 July | 5,217 | 300.2 | 1,566,196 |
| 21 July | 6,956 | 296.1 | 2,059,393 |
| 22 July | 6,086 | 296.4 | 1,803,769 |
| Total week 29 | 29,562 | 296.6 | 8,768,768 |
| Accumulated week 29 | 837,651 | 260.2 | 217,982,871 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,022,251 equal to 3.4% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,977,749.
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
