Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5054Z

DFS Furniture PLC

10 January 2020

 

10 January 2020

For immediate release

DFS Furniture plc  ("DFS" and the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 10 January 2020 it purchased for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 150 pence each pursuant to its 400,000 share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 10 December and 18 December 2019.

Description of shares: DFS Furniture plc - ordinary shares of 150 pence

Number of shares repurchased: 9,768 shares

Date of transaction: 10 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 280.19 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 278.00 pence

Highest price paid per share: 283.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,308,851 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 721,750 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,308,851 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available below.

Transaction date	Transaction time	Volume	Price (GBp)
10/01/2020	08:14:59	156	282.5
10/01/2020	08:14:59	197	282.5
10/01/2020	09:22:56	285	281.5
10/01/2020	10:20:44	321	281.5
10/01/2020	11:02:30	329	280
10/01/2020	11:07:29	1	279.5
10/01/2020	11:07:32	326	279.5
10/01/2020	11:07:32	331	279.5
10/01/2020	11:49:42	264	280
10/01/2020	11:49:42	268	280
10/01/2020	11:49:42	624	280
10/01/2020	11:50:42	341	278
10/01/2020	11:58:26	315	283.5
10/01/2020	11:58:26	331	283
10/01/2020	13:47:15	295	282.5
10/01/2020	14:01:17	294	282.5
10/01/2020	14:48:35	336	282
10/01/2020	15:04:04	330	279.5
10/01/2020	15:04:04	11	280
10/01/2020	15:04:04	331	279
10/01/2020	15:14:23	626	280
10/01/2020	15:33:35	322	280
10/01/2020	15:37:01	348	281
10/01/2020	15:56:24	8	279.5
10/01/2020	15:56:24	70	279.5
10/01/2020	15:56:24	274	279.5
10/01/2020	16:11:39	924	278.5
10/01/2020	16:14:20	302	278.5
10/01/2020	16:25:58	350	278.5
10/01/2020	16:29:11	858	279.5

For further information, please contact:

DFS (enquiries via Tulchan)	TULCHAN
Liz McDonald (Company Secretary) Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations) [e-mail]	James Macey-White Jessica Reid Amber Ahluwalia [e-mail]

About DFS Furniture plc

DFS is the clear market leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture, sell and deliver to our customers an extensive range of furniture products. The business operates a retail network of living room furniture stores in the United Kingdom and Europe, together with an online channel. These have been established and developed gradually over 50 years of operating history. We attract customers to our stores and website through our substantial and continued investment in nationwide marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product ranges and price points and favourable consumer financing options.

 

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