Copenhagen, 2016-08-15 11:52 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 47
DFDS A/S has in week 32 purchased 35,647 own shares for DKK 10.8m 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 925,118 shares for DKK 244.4m amounts to 97.7% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 31 | 889,471 | 262.6 | 233,539,088 |
| 08 August | 7,303 | 300.7 | 2,196,158 |
| 09 August | 7,477 | 300.1 | 2,244,072 |
| 10 August | 7,825 | 299.8 | 2,346,248 |
| 11 August | 6,956 | 307.4 | 2,138,205 |
| 12 August | 6,086 | 310.1 | 1,887,147 |
| Total week 32 | 35,647 | 303.3 | 10,811,830 |
| Accumulated week 32 | 925,118 | 264.1 | 244,350,918 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,109,718 equal to 3.5% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,890,282.
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 attachment.
Contact
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59
