Copenhagen, 2016-12-05 11:27 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 72
DFDS A/S has in week 48 purchased 42,228 own shares for DKK 12.0m 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 700,241 shares for DKK 228.5m amounts to 65.3% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 47 | 658,013 | 328.9 | 216,441,775 |
| 28 November | 12,695 | 283.9 | 3,604,485 |
| 29 November | 6,624 | 286.4 | 1,897,045 |
| 30 November | 6,579 | 289.9 | 1,907,088 |
| 01 December | 8,085 | 285.7 | 2,310,274 |
| 02 December | 8,245 | 281.4 | 2,320,292 |
| Total week 48 | 42,228 | 285.1 | 12,039,184 |
| Accumulated week 48 | 700,241 | 326.3 | 228,480,959 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,827,870 equal to 4.7% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,172,130.
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
