Copenhagen, 2014-04-28 14:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 24
DFDS A/S (the Company) have in week 17 purchased 18,176 own shares equal to DKK 7.7m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 200m launched 28 February 2014, re. company announcement no. 8/2014.
The accumulated share buy-back amounts to 32.8% of the programme.
Purchase of own shares, week 17 2014
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchace price | Value, DKK |
| 21 April | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| 22 April | 4,544 | 427 | 1,941,648 |
| 23 April | 4,544 | 425 | 1,930,676 |
| 24 April | 4,544 | 425 | 1,930,531 |
| 25 April | 4,544 | 421 | 1,913,333 |
| Total | 18,176 | 424,5 | 7,716,187 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 722,820 equal to 5.4% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of shares is 12,577,180.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01 Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59