Copenhagen, 2015-09-07 11:24 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 73 DFDS A/S has in week 36 purchased 6,902 own shares for DKK 7.5m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 300m launched on 22 April 2015 and expiring latest on 31 December 2015, ref. company announcement no. 33/2015 of 21 April 2015. The accumulated share buy-back of 179,695 shares for DKK 158.1m amounts to 52.7% of the programme. Period, 2015 No. of shares Average purchase price Value, DKK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accumulated week 35 172,793 871.7 150,617,543 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 August 2,272 1,067.7 2,425,884 01 September 2,709 1,079.6 2,924,650 02 September 611 1,096.2 669,749 03 September 786 1,118.6 879,185 04 September 524 1,143.0 598,932 Total week 36 6,902 1,086.4 7,498,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accumulated week 36 179,695 879.9 158,115,944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 658,745 equal to 5.2% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 12,650,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of circulating shares is 11,991,255. 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 Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01 Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59