Copenhagen, 2016-10-24 12:20 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Company announcement no. 63
DFDS A/S has in week 42 purchased 52,491 own shares for DKK 17.1m 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 408,582 shares for DKK 138.6m amounts to 39.6% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 41 | 356,091 | 341.0 | 121,428,729 |
| 17 October | 9,015 | 324.9 | 2,929,121 |
| 18 October | 8,695 | 324.9 | 2,825,083 |
| 19 October | 8,695 | 324.3 | 2,819,703 |
| 20 October | 17,391 | 325.8 | 5,666,736 |
| 21 October | 8,695 | 333.9 | 2,903,666 |
| Total week 42 | 52,491 | 326.6 | 17,144,309 |
| Accumulated week 42 | 408,582 | 339.2 | 138,573,038 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,536,211 equal to 4.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,463,789.
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
