Copenhagen, 2016-09-19 12:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 56

DFDS A/S has in week 37 purchased 35,757 own shares for DKK 12.3m 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 168,506 shares for DKK 58.9m amounts to 16.8% of the programme.

Period, 2016
No. of shares
Average purchase price
Value, DKK
Accumulated week 36
132,749
351.3
46,629,916
12 September
10,434
341.5
3,563,024
13 September
7,627
342.5
2,612,591
14 September
5,349
342.6
1,832,662
15 September
5,217
342.8
1,788,221
16 September
7,130
344.9
2,458,973
Total week 37
35,757
342.7
12,255,471
Accumulated week 37
168,506
349.5
58,885,388

Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 2,296,135 equal to 3.8% of the Company's total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,703,865.

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

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