Copenhagen, 2015-06-08 14:12 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 48
DFDS A/S has in week 23 purchased 5,955 own shares for DKK 4.9m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 300m launched on 22 April 2015 and expiring latest on 31 December 2015, ref. company announcement no. 33/2015 of 21 April 2015.
The accumulated share buy-back of 52,778 shares for DKK 39.7m amounts to 13.2% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 22 | 46,823 | 742.3 | 34,754,594 |
| 01 June | 1,048 | 798.1 | 836,435 |
| 02 June | 1,660 | 814.6 | 1,352,288 |
| 03 June | 1,136 | 839.8 | 953,995 |
| 04 June | 2,111 | 839.3 | 1,771,713 |
| Total week 23 | 5,955 | 825.3 | 4,914,431 |
| Accumulated week 23 | 52,778 | 751.6 | 39,669,025 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 601,957 equal to 4.8% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,048,043.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
Contact
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59
