DFDS A/S has in week 44 purchased 36,428 own shares for DKK 13.4m as part of the share buyback of DKK 300m launched on 17 August 2017 and expiring latest on
6 February 2018, ref. company announcement no. 53/2017 of 17 August 2017.
The accumulated buyback of 417,357 shares for DKK 151.1m amounts to 50.4% of the programme.
| Period, 2017 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 43 | 380,929 | 361.5 | 137,711,279 |
| 30 October | 4,950 | 364.9 | 1,806,185 |
| 31 October | 5,172 | 368.8 | 1,907,685 |
| 01 November | 8,872 | 373.2 | 3,311,226 |
| 02 November | 8,879 | 366.0 | 3,250,022 |
| 03 November | 8,555 | 364.0 | 3,114,148 |
| Total week 44 | 36,428 | 367.6 | 13,389,266 |
| Accumulated week 44 | 417,357 | 362.0 | 151,100,545 |
Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 2,080,120 equal to 3.6% of the total number of shares of 57,000,000. Excluding own shares, the number of circulating shares is 54,919,880.
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.
Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59