| company announcement |
share buyback week 52 2017
DFDS A/S has in week 52 purchased 16,455 own shares for DKK 5.4m as part of the share buyback of DKK 300m launched on 17 August 2017 and expiring latest on 6 February 2018, ref. company announcement no. 53/2017 of 17 August 2017. The accumulated buyback of 701,895 shares for DKK 247.4m amounts to 82.5% of the programme.
| Period, 2017 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 51 | 685,440 | 353.1 | 242,041,296 |
| 25 December | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 26 December | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 27 December | 744 | 324.1 | 241,096 |
| 28 December | 8,308 | 327.2 | 2,718,643 |
| 29 December | 7,403 | 329.9 | 2,442,279 |
| Total week 52 | 16,455 | 328.3 | 5,402,018 |
| Accumulated week 52 | 701,895 | 352.5 | 247,443,314 |
Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 2,364,598 equal to 4.1% of the total number of shares of 57,000,000. Excluding own shares, the number of circulating shares is 54,635,402. The share buyback 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