Copenhagen, 2015-01-26 14:31 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 6 DFDS A/S has in week 4 purchased 9,079 own shares for DKK 5.7m 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 222,779 shares for DKK 115.2m amounts to 57.6% of the programme. Purchase of own shares, week 4 Period, 2015 No. of shares Average purchase price Value, DKK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Accumulated week 3 213,700 512.3 109,481,157 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 January 1,178 621.0 731,538 20 January 2,185 625.2 1,366,062 21 January 2,622 624.8 1,638,226 22 January 909 627.5 570,361 23 January 2,185 653.0 1,426,892 Total week 4 9,079 631.5 5,733,079 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Accumulated week 4 222,779 517.2 115,214,236 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 539,272 equal to 4.3% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 12,110,728. 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