Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6504B

DFS Furniture PLC

31 January 2020

 

31 January 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 31 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: 18,622 shares

Date of transaction: 31 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 278.98 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 277.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 280.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,169,885 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 860,716 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,169,885 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)
31/01/2020	12:13:02	255	280
31/01/2020	13:44:11	173	279.5
31/01/2020	13:44:11	238	279.5
31/01/2020	14:30:01	113	279.5
31/01/2020	14:30:05	825	277.5
31/01/2020	14:30:05	500	277.5
31/01/2020	14:30:39	562	280.5
31/01/2020	14:30:39	738	280.5
31/01/2020	14:34:39	230	280.5
31/01/2020	14:36:11	297	279.5
31/01/2020	14:59:44	34	279.5
31/01/2020	14:59:46	234	279.5
31/01/2020	14:59:46	152	279.5
31/01/2020	14:59:46	43	279.5
31/01/2020	15:05:26	262	280
31/01/2020	15:06:19	96	279.5
31/01/2020	15:07:21	247	279.5
31/01/2020	15:07:21	44	279.5
31/01/2020	15:07:21	448	279.5
31/01/2020	15:23:13	168	279
31/01/2020	15:23:13	232	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	95	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	41	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	264	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	248	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	232	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	246	279
31/01/2020	15:24:11	109	279
31/01/2020	15:25:49	229	279
31/01/2020	15:25:49	280	279
31/01/2020	15:25:49	133	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	277	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	244	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	227	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	283	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	274	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	266	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	51	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	3	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	288	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	540	279
31/01/2020	15:36:20	493	279
31/01/2020	15:37:50	38	278.5
31/01/2020	15:38:26	336	278.5
31/01/2020	15:38:59	322	278.5
31/01/2020	15:39:30	297	278.5
31/01/2020	15:40:05	276	278.5
31/01/2020	15:40:36	269	278.5
31/01/2020	15:41:05	114	278.5
31/01/2020	15:41:05	131	278.5
31/01/2020	15:42:02	144	278.5
31/01/2020	15:43:19	141	278.5
31/01/2020	15:43:36	108	278.5
31/01/2020	15:43:36	73	278.5
31/01/2020	15:44:00	165	278.5
31/01/2020	15:44:46	15	278.5
31/01/2020	16:10:47	703	278.5
31/01/2020	16:11:53	570	279
31/01/2020	16:12:03	279	279
31/01/2020	16:12:03	70	279
31/01/2020	16:12:03	1900	279
31/01/2020	16:14:56	120	278.5
31/01/2020	16:14:56	245	278.5
31/01/2020	16:15:35	206	278.5
31/01/2020	16:15:35	114	278.5
31/01/2020	16:16:07	232	278.5
31/01/2020	16:16:07	26	278.5
31/01/2020	16:18:29	427	278.5
31/01/2020	16:18:42	87	278.5
31/01/2020	16:29:52	229	279
31/01/2020	16:29:58	271	279

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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