Copenhagen, 2015-12-07 11:27 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 95
DFDS A/S has in week 49 purchased 41,282 own shares for DKK 11.3m 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 1,459,165 shares for DKK 284.7m amounts to 94.9% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 48 | 1,417,883 | 192.9 | 273,480,805 |
| 30 November | 7,517 | 272.4 | 2,047,905 |
| 01 December | 7,608 | 271.1 | 2,062,689 |
| 02 December | 10,489 | 274.6 | 2,880,567 |
| 03 December | 12,237 | 272.0 | 3,328,891 |
| 04 December | 3,431 | 271.6 | 931,724 |
| Total week 49 | 41,282 | 272.6 | 11,251,776 |
| Accumulated week 49 | 1,459,165 | 195.1 | 284,732,582 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,104,415 equal to 3.4% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,395,585.
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
