Copenhagen, 2015-10-26 10:54 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 87
DFDS A/S has in week 43 purchased 42,041 own shares for DKK 8.7m 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 1,216,533 shares for DKK 226.8m amounts to 75.6% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 42 | 1,174,492 | 185.7 | 218,086,945 |
| 19 October | 5,520 | 207.7 | 1,146,721 |
| 20 October | 5,054 | 211.1 | 1,066,911 |
| 21 October | 10,489 | 210.2 | 2,204,618 |
| 22 October | 8,741 | 203.8 | 1,781,528 |
| 23 October | 12,237 | 206.0 | 2,520,627 |
| Total week 43 | 42,041 | 207.4 | 8,720,405 |
| Accumulated week 43 | 1,216,533 | 186.4 | 226,807,350 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,861,783 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 59,638,217.
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
