Copenhagen, 2016-05-17 11:13 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 31
DFDS A/S has in week 19 purchased 18,259 own shares for DKK 5.1m as part of the share buyback programme of DKK 250m launched on 12 February 2016 and expiring latest on 17 August 2016, ref. company announcement no. 4/2016 of 12 February 2016.
The accumulated share buy-back of 573,163 shares for DKK 138.2m amounts to 55.3% of the programme.
Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
Accumulated week 18 | 554,904 | 239.8 | 133,092,736 |
09 May | 3,478 | 268.2 | 932,939 |
10 May | 3,478 | 267.3 | 929,809 |
11 May | 4,347 | 268.6 | 1,167,778 |
12 May | 3,478 | 291.7 | 1,014,359 |
13 May | 3,478 | 295.7 | 1,028,375 |
Total week 19 | 18,259 | 277.8 | 5,073,259 |
Accumulated week 19 | 573,163 | 241.1 | 138,165,995 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 1,775,968 equal to 3.0% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 58,224,032.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buybacks).
Contact
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59