Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3545B

DFS Furniture PLC

29 January 2020

 

29 January 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 29 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: 17,000 shares

Date of transaction: 29 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 280.98 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 280.00 pence

Highest price paid per share: 282.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,194,722 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 835,879 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,194,722 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)
29/01/2020	12:43:01	108	281.5
29/01/2020	12:43:13	500	282.5
29/01/2020	12:43:13	134	282.5
29/01/2020	13:19:14	390	280
29/01/2020	13:19:14	460	280
29/01/2020	13:19:14	710	280
29/01/2020	13:41:39	100	280.5
29/01/2020	13:41:55	20	280.5
29/01/2020	13:41:55	396	280.5
29/01/2020	13:41:55	330	280.5
29/01/2020	13:41:55	370	280.5
29/01/2020	13:55:51	125	280.5
29/01/2020	14:18:57	373	281
29/01/2020	14:18:57	413	281
29/01/2020	14:18:57	382	281
29/01/2020	14:18:57	430	281
29/01/2020	14:18:57	433	281
29/01/2020	14:27:05	380	280
29/01/2020	14:29:32	129	280
29/01/2020	14:52:07	331	281.5
29/01/2020	14:52:07	367	281.5
29/01/2020	14:52:07	434	281.5
29/01/2020	14:52:07	449	281.5
29/01/2020	14:52:38	372	281.5
29/01/2020	14:52:38	30	281.5
29/01/2020	15:02:55	221	281.5
29/01/2020	15:02:58	192	281.5
29/01/2020	15:02:58	418	281.5
29/01/2020	15:21:47	361	281.5
29/01/2020	15:21:47	361	281.5
29/01/2020	15:21:47	376	281.5
29/01/2020	15:21:47	381	281.5
29/01/2020	15:24:28	190	281.5
29/01/2020	15:24:28	236	281.5
29/01/2020	15:38:41	167	281.5
29/01/2020	15:38:41	200	281.5
29/01/2020	15:38:41	393	281.5
29/01/2020	15:38:41	407	281.5
29/01/2020	15:42:46	128	281.5
29/01/2020	15:45:04	176	281.5
29/01/2020	15:45:04	238	281.5
29/01/2020	15:47:55	69	281.5
29/01/2020	15:47:55	72	281.5
29/01/2020	15:47:55	283	281.5
29/01/2020	16:10:08	173	280.5
29/01/2020	16:10:12	366	280.5
29/01/2020	16:10:12	375	280.5
29/01/2020	16:10:12	396	280.5
29/01/2020	16:10:12	200	280.5
29/01/2020	16:10:12	363	280.5
29/01/2020	16:10:17	21	280.5
29/01/2020	16:13:47	396	280.5
29/01/2020	16:15:56	469	280.5
29/01/2020	16:21:56	160	280.5
29/01/2020	16:23:43	137	280.5
29/01/2020	16:23:43	195	280.5
29/01/2020	16:25:42	714	280.5

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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