Copenhagen, 2015-10-19 10:07 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 86
DFDS A/S has in week 42 purchased 36,522 own shares for DKK 7.3m 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 1,174,492 shares for DKK 218.1m amounts to 72.7% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 42 | |||
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares |
Average purchase price |
Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 41 | 1,137,970 | 185.2 | 210,747,805 |
| 12 October | 12,237 | 199.4 | 2,439,977 |
| 13 October | 3,360 | 197.8 | 664,574 |
| 14 October | 8,391 | 200.1 | 1,678,725 |
| 15 October | 3,793 | 203.1 | 770,270 |
| 16 October | 8,741 | 204.3 | 1,785,594 |
| Total week 42 | 36,522 | 201.0 | 7,339,140 |
| Accumulated week 42 | 1,174,492 | 185.7 | 218,086,945 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,819,742 equal to 3.0% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,680,258.
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
