Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8022Z

DFS Furniture PLC

14 January 2020

 

14 January 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 14 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: 11,661 shares

Date of transaction: 14 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 281.24 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 274.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 286.00 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,287,488 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 743,113 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,287,488 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)
14/01/2020	10:07:06	152	277
14/01/2020	10:07:06	25	277
14/01/2020	10:07:06	35	277
14/01/2020	10:07:06	440	277
14/01/2020	10:30:13	136	275
14/01/2020	10:30:13	199	274.5
14/01/2020	10:30:13	310	274.5
14/01/2020	10:30:13	683	275
14/01/2020	10:31:51	146	275.5
14/01/2020	11:06:41	288	278
14/01/2020	11:06:41	298	278
14/01/2020	12:12:06	10	281
14/01/2020	12:12:06	275	281
14/01/2020	12:12:06	298	281
14/01/2020	13:03:52	276	286
14/01/2020	13:04:12	36	286
14/01/2020	13:04:12	300	286
14/01/2020	13:12:30	327	282.5
14/01/2020	13:49:54	265	283
14/01/2020	14:09:08	315	282
14/01/2020	14:11:05	1128	283
14/01/2020	14:11:27	461	282.5
14/01/2020	14:11:27	145	282.5
14/01/2020	14:12:12	399	282.5
14/01/2020	14:12:12	271	282.5
14/01/2020	14:36:32	556	283
14/01/2020	14:52:36	289	283
14/01/2020	15:46:54	328	283
14/01/2020	16:00:46	22	283
14/01/2020	16:00:46	26	283
14/01/2020	16:00:46	48	283
14/01/2020	16:00:46	171	283
14/01/2020	16:07:14	302	281.5
14/01/2020	16:09:21	111	280
14/01/2020	16:09:21	188	280
14/01/2020	16:19:48	168	279
14/01/2020	16:20:02	152	279
14/01/2020	16:25:08	9	284.5
14/01/2020	16:25:08	98	284.5
14/01/2020	16:25:40	957	284.5
14/01/2020	16:25:44	314	284
14/01/2020	16:28:12	8	283
14/01/2020	16:28:12	18	283
14/01/2020	16:28:12	87	283
14/01/2020	16:28:12	26	283
14/01/2020	16:28:12	73	283
14/01/2020	16:28:12	80	283
14/01/2020	16:28:12	42	283
14/01/2020	16:29:58	370	281.5

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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