| company announcement no 49 |
DFDS A/S has in week 27 purchased 48,272 own shares for DKK 16.5m as part of the share buyback of DKK 300m launched on 8 February 2017 and expiring latest on
15 August 2017, ref. company announcement no. 12/2017 of 8 February 2017.
The accumulated buyback of 793,563 shares for DKK 295.3m amounts to 98.4% of the programme.
| Period, 2017 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 26 | 745,291 | 374.09 | 278,805,979 |
| 03 July | 10,344 | 346.11 | 3,580,162 |
| 04 July | 10,344 | 342.67 | 3,544,578 |
| 05 July | 10,344 | 343.08 | 3,548,820 |
| 06 July | 8,620 | 340.15 | 2,932,093 |
| 07 July | 8,620 | 340.41 | 2,934,334 |
| Total week 27 | 48,272 | 342.64 | 16,539,987 |
| Accumulated week 27 | 793,563 | 372.18 | 295,345,966 |
Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 1,696,511 equal to 3.0% of the total number of shares of 57,000,000. Excluding own shares, the number of circulating shares is 55,303,489.
The share buyback is organised in compliance with the European Commission Regulation 1052/2016 of 8 March 2016 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buybacks).
Information about all transactions are available in the attachment.
Contact
Torben Carlsen, CFO, +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR, +45 33 42 33 59