| company announcement no 03 |
DFDS A/S has in week 1 purchased 39,922 own shares for DKK 13.1m 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 879,186 shares for DKK 283.8m amounts to 81.1% of the programme.
| Period, 2017 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 0 | 839,264 | 322.5 | 270,662,665 |
| 02 January | 6,956 | 327.6 | 2,278,492 |
| 03 January | 8,695 | 327.9 | 2,851,032 |
| 04 January | 10,434 | 325.9 | 3,400,605 |
| 05 January | 6,956 | 329.0 | 2,288,749 |
| 06 January | 6,881 | 333.8 | 2,297,079 |
| Total week 1 | 39,922 | 328.5 | 13,115,957 |
| Accumulated week 1 | 879,186 | 322.8 | 283,778,622 |
Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 3,006,815 equal to 5.0% of the Company's total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 56,993,185.
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
