Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9922A
DFS Furniture PLC
27 January 2020
 

27 January 2020

 

For immediate release

 

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

Transaction in own shares

 

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 24 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: 6,655 shares

Date of transaction: 24 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 280.82 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 278.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 285.00 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

 

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,221,502 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 809,099 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,221,502 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)

24/01/2020

09:09:18

184

281

24/01/2020

09:26:11

189

280

24/01/2020

10:54:56

10

278.5

24/01/2020

10:55:07

91

280

24/01/2020

10:55:07

1609

280

24/01/2020

10:55:12

1570

280

24/01/2020

11:41:59

155

280

24/01/2020

11:41:59

160

280

24/01/2020

11:41:59

483

280

24/01/2020

12:07:28

648

284.5

24/01/2020

12:07:28

127

285

24/01/2020

12:07:28

155

285

24/01/2020

12:10:35

159

283

24/01/2020

12:18:22

37

283

24/01/2020

12:18:22

123

283

24/01/2020

13:06:07

159

281

24/01/2020

13:06:07

159

281

24/01/2020

14:45:59

306

280

24/01/2020

16:23:03

20

279

24/01/2020

16:23:03

62

279

24/01/2020

16:24:43

17

279

24/01/2020

16:25:04

61

279

24/01/2020

16:28:03

171

279

 

For further information, please contact:

DFS (enquiries via Tulchan)

TULCHAN

Liz McDonald (Company Secretary)

Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)

investor.relations@dfs.co.uk

James Macey-White

Jessica Reid

Amber Ahluwalia

dfs@tulchangroup.com

 

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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