SHARE BUYBACK WEEK 50 2016
Copenhagen, 2016-12-19 11:33 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 76
DFDS A/S has in week 50 purchased 39,065 own shares for DKK 11.7m 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 779,829 shares for DKK 251.8m amounts to 71.9% of the programme.
| Period, 2016 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 49 | 740,764 | 324.1 | 240,103,024 |
| 12 December | 8,685 | 291.0 | 2,527,629 |
| 13 December | 8,900 | 295.3 | 2,628,541 |
| 14 December | 8,695 | 296.2 | 2,575,342 |
| 15 December | 6,092 | 304.8 | 1,856,694 |
| 16 December | 6,693 | 311.1 | 2,082,031 |
| Total week 50 | 39,065 | 298.7 | 11,670,237 |
| Accumulated week 50 | 779,829 | 322.9 | 251,773,261 |
Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 2,907,458 equal to 4.8% of the Company's total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,092,542.
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
Vedhæftede filer:
UK_OMX_NO_76_19_12_2016_Share_buyback.pdf
UK weekly buyback 2016 w 50.pdf