Copenhagen, 2016-11-21 12:01 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Company announcement no. 70
DFDS A/S has in week 46 purchased 45,632 own shares for DKK 13.7m 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 614,381 shares for DKK 203.9m amounts to 58.3% of the programme.
Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
Accumulated week 45 | 568,749 | 334.4 | 190,174,384 |
14 November | 8,695 | 309.1 | 2,687,938 |
15 November | 8,695 | 305.0 | 2,652,166 |
16 November | 10,852 | 298.0 | 3,233,487 |
17 November | 8,695 | 295.8 | 2,571,627 |
18 November | 8,695 | 296.4 | 2,577,000 |
Total week 46 | 45,632 | 300.7 | 13,722,218 |
Accumulated week 46 | 614,381 | 331.9 | 203,896,603 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,742,010 equal to 4.6% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,257,990.
The share buyback programme is organised in compliance with the European Commission Regulation 1052/2016 of 8 March 2016 (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