Copenhagen, 2014-06-16 12:24 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 40
DFDS A/S has in week 24 purchased 6,386 own shares equal to DKK 2.9m 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 53.4% of the programme.
Purchase of own shares, week 24
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| 9 June | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| 10 June | 874 | 451 | 393,824 |
| 11 June | 3,764 | 447 | 1,680,940 |
| 12 June | 874 | 453 | 396,227 |
| 13 June | 874 | 464 | 405,155 |
| Total | 6,386 | 450,4 | 2,876,146 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 812,153 equal to 6.1% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of shares is 12,487,847.
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