Copenhagen, 2014-11-03 15:16 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 77
DFDS A/S has in week 44 purchased 14,628 own shares for DKK 7.1m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 200m launched on 9 September 2014 and expiring latest on 30 June 2015, re. company announcement no. 65/2014 of 8 September 2014.
The accumulated share buy-back of 94,413 shares for DKK 43.9m amounts to 22.0% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 44 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 43 | 79,785 | 461.8 | 36,843,375 |
| 27 October | 4,264 | 478.5 | 2,040,153 |
| 28 October | 2,738 | 479.0 | 1,311,392 |
| 29 October | 1,568 | 487.4 | 764,228 |
| 30 October | 2,537 | 485.4 | 1,231,434 |
| 31 October | 3,521 | 497.4 | 1,751,451 |
| Total week 44 | 14,628 | 485.3 | 7,098,659 |
| Accumulated week 44 | 94,413 | 465.4 | 43,942,034 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,110,395 equal to 8.3% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,189,605.
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).
Contacts:
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59
