Copenhagen, 2014-08-18 15:23 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 57
DFDS A/S has in week 33 purchased 22,720 own shares equal to DKK 9.9m 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 86.9% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 33 | ||||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK | |
| 11 August | 4,544 | 430 | 1,954,707 | |
| 12 August | 4,544 | 434 | 1,974,215 | |
| 13 August | 4,544 | 437 | 1,985,361 | |
| 14 August | 4,544 | 440 | 2,000,131 | |
| 15 August | 4,544 | 441 | 2.003.132 | |
| Total | 22,720 | 436.5 | 9,917,546 | |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 959,928 equal to 7.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of shares is 12,340,072.
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).
Contacts: Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59