Copenhagen, 2016-09-26 08:20 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 57
DFDS A/S has in week 38 purchased 30,814 own shares for DKK 10.6m as part of the share buyback programme of DKK 350m launched on 18 August 2016 and expiring latest on 6 February 2017, ref. company announcement no. 50/2016 of 18 August 2016.
The accumulated share buyback of 199,320 shares for DKK 69.5m amounts to 19.9% of the programme.
Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
Accumulated week 37 | 168,506 | 349.5 | 58,885,388 |
19 September | 4,846 | 344.8 | 1,670,783 |
20 September | 5,217 | 342.7 | 1,787,668 |
21 September | 4,095 | 344.4 | 1,410,378 |
22 September | 3,441 | 346.1 | 1,190,936 |
23 September | 13,215 | 342.8 | 4,530,557 |
Total week 38 | 30,814 | 343.7 | 10,590,322 |
Accumulated week 38 | 199,320 | 348.6 | 69,475,709 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 2,326,949 equal to 3.9% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,673,051.
The share buyback programme 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