Copenhagen, 2016-03-14 10:39 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 15
DFDS A/S has in week 10 purchased 62,603 own shares for DKK 14.7m as part of the share buyback programme of DKK 250m launched on 12 February 2016 and expiring latest on 17 August 2016, ref. company announcement no. 4/2016 of 12 February 2016.
The accumulated share buy-back of 226,070 shares for DKK 54.5m amounts to 21.8% of the programme.
Purchase of own shares, week 10
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 9 | 163,467 | 243.2 | 39,755,304 |
| 07 March | 12,173 | 241.2 | 2,935,641 |
| 08 March | 12,173 | 236.5 | 2,878,306 |
| 09 March | 13,042 | 234.7 | 3,061,218 |
| 10 March | 13,042 | 229.9 | 2,997,834 |
| 11 March | 12,173 | 233.5 | 2,842,639 |
| Total week 10 | 62,603 | 235.1 | 14,715,638 |
| Accumulated week 10 | 226,070 | 240.9 | 54,470,942 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,928,875 equal to 4.8% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,571,125.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buybacks).
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59
