Copenhagen, 2015-03-02 13:28 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 18
DFDS A/S has in week 9 purchased 13,373 own shares for DKK 9.4m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 200m launched on 9 September 2014 and expiring latest on 30 June 2015, re. company announcement no. 65/2014 of 8 September 2014.
The accumulated share buy-back of 283,694 shares for DKK 155.9m amounts to 77.9% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 9 | |||
| Period, 2015 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 8 | 270,321 | 541.6 | 146,414,675 |
| 23 February | 794 | 691.4 | 548,932 |
| 24 February | 2,972 | 690.9 | 2,053,474 |
| 25 February | 2,615 | 708.1 | 1,851,708 |
| 26 February | 3,321 | 714.2 | 2,371,725 |
| 27 February | 3,671 | 714.6 | 2,623,113 |
| Total week 9 | 13,373 | 706.6 | 9,448,952 |
| Accumulated week 9 | 283,694 | 549.4 | 155,863,626 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 580,499 equal to 4.6% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,069,501.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
Contact persons Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59
