Copenhagen, 2016-09-26 08:20 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --Announcement no. 57

DFDS A/S has in week 38 purchased 30,814 own shares for DKK 10.6m 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 199,320 shares for DKK 69.5m amounts to 19.9% of the programme.

Period, 2016
No. of shares
Average purchase price
Value, DKK
Accumulated week 37
168,506
349.5
58,885,388
19 September
4,846
344.8
1,670,783
20 September
5,217
342.7
1,787,668
21 September
4,095
344.4
1,410,378
22 September
3,441
346.1
1,190,936
23 September
13,215
342.8
4,530,557
Total week 38
30,814
343.7
10,590,322
Accumulated week 38
199,320
348.6
69,475,709

Following the purchase, DFDS' holding of own shares is 2,326,949 equal to 3.9% of the Company's total no. of shares of 60,000,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 57,673,051.

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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