| company announcement no. 6 |
DFDS A/S has in week 3 purchased 50,433 own shares for DKK 16.9m 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 972,628 shares for DKK 315.1m amounts to 90.0% of the programme.
| Period, 2017 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| Accumulated week 2 | 922,195 | 323.4 | 298,204,615 |
| 16 January | 10,434 | 337.6 | 3,522,214 |
| 17 January | 11,304 | 332.6 | 3,759,506 |
| 18 January | 9,565 | 335.6 | 3,209,949 |
| 19 January | 9,565 | 336.9 | 3,222,765 |
| 20 January | 9,565 | 336.9 | 3,222,426 |
| Total week 3 | 50,433 | 335.8 | 16,936,859 |
| Accumulated week 3 | 972,628 | 324.0 | 315,141,475 |
Following the purchase, DFDS` holding of own shares is 3,100,257 equal to 5.2% of the Company`s total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 56,899,743.
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
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5 -12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. UK_OMX_NO_06_23_01_2017_Share_buyback
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Source: DFDS A/S via GlobeNewswire
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