| company announcement |
share buyback week 4 2018
DFDS A/S has in week 4 purchased 21,155 own shares for DKK 7.6m 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 817,855 shares for DKK 288.7m amounts to 96.2% of the programme.
| Period, 2018 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 3 | 796,700 | 352.8 | 281,081,285 |
| 22 January | 4,310 | 360.5 | 1,553,957 |
| 23 January | 4,310 | 362.0 | 1,560,405 |
| 24 January | 5,172 | 360.1 | 1,862,230 |
| 25 January | 3,448 | 359.6 | 1,239,783 |
| 26 January | 3,915 | 362.6 | 1,419,660 |
| Total week 4 | 21,155 | 361.0 | 7,636,035 |
| Accumulated week 4 | 817,855 | 353.0 | 288,717,320 |
Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 2,480,558 equal to 4.4% of the total number of shares of 57,000,000. Excluding own shares, the number of circulating shares is 54,519,442. 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
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5 -12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.