Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1461N

DFS Furniture PLC

30 May 2022

 

30 May 2022

DFS Furniture plc

Transaction in Own Shares

DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" or the "Group"), today announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) from Jefferies International Limited pursuant to its Share Buyback Programme, details of which were announced on 15 March 2022.

Date of purchase	27-May-22
Aggregate number of shares purchased:	3,736
Lowest price paid per share:	173.20
Highest price paid per share:	174.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	173.47
Broker:	Jefferies International Limited

DFS intends to retain the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company will have 258,636,720 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue.  The total number of shares held by the Company in treasury is 1,388,869.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 257,247,851 and this figure 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 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available below:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform	Transaction Reference Number
27/05/2022	09:31:01	20	174	TRQX	00303046315TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:31:01	60	174	TRQX	00303046316TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:31:01	18	174	BATE	00303046314TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:31:01	95	174	BATE	00303046312TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:31:01	267	174	BATE	00303046313TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:28:59	234	173.6	CHIX	00303045982TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:28:59	117	173.6	CHIX	00303045981TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:28:59	325	173.4	XLON	00303045980TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:22:10	993	173.4	XLON	00303044320TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:22:10	632	173.4	XLON	00303044321TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:22:10	498	173.2	XLON	00303044319TRLO1.1.1
27/05/2022	09:22:10	477	173.4	XLON	00303044318TRLO1.1.1

Enquiries:

DFS: (enquiries via Tulchan)	TULCHAN
Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)	James Macey-White
Peter McDonald (Investor Relations)	Jessica Reid
[e-mail]	[e-mail]

About DFS Furniture plc

The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner.  We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands and Spain, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options.  We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own three UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company". 

 

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