Copenhagen, 2015-11-02 11:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 88
DFDS A/S has in week 44 purchased 53,058 own shares for DKK 11.2m 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 1,269,591 shares for DKK 238.0m amounts to 79.3% of the programme.
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 43 | 1,216,533 | 186.4 | 226,807,350 |
| 26 October | 6,118 | 212.2 | 1,298,019 |
| 27 October | 12,062 | 214.5 | 2,587,409 |
| 28 October | 17,482 | 210.3 | 3,675,840 |
| 29 October | 11,363 | 206.6 | 2,347,842 |
| 30 October | 6,033 | 205.8 | 1,241,521 |
| Total week 44 | 53,058 | 210.2 | 11,150,631 |
| Accumulated week 44 | 1,269,591 | 187.4 | 237,957,981 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,914,841 equal to 3.1% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 61,500,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 59,585,159.
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
