Copenhagen, 2016-09-12 13:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Company announcement no. 55
DFDS A/S has in week 36 purchased 34,608 own shares for DKK 12.2m as part of the share buyback programme of DKK 350m launched on 18 August 2016 and expiring latest on 6 February 2017, ref. company announcement no. 50/2016 of 18 August 2016.
The accumulated share buyback of 132,749 shares for DKK 46.6m amounts to 13.3% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 35 | 98,141 | 351.05 | 34,452,596 |
| 05 September | 6,956 | 352.86 | 2,454,492 |
| 06 September | 8,523 | 353.11 | 3,009,575 |
| 07 September | 3,478 | 359.18 | 1,249,228 |
| 08 September | 3,478 | 358.23 | 1,245,907 |
| 09 September | 12,173 | 346.51 | 4,218,119 |
| Total week 36 | 34,608 | 351.86 | 12,177,321 |
| Accumulated week 36 | 132,749 | 351.26 | 46,629,916 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,260,378 equal to 3.8% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,739,622.
The share buyback programme is organised in compliance with the European Commis-sion Regulation 1052/2016 of 8 March 2016 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
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
