Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5687X

DFS Furniture PLC

20 December 2019

 

20 December 2019

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 19 December 2019 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: 33,356 shares

Date of transaction: 19 December 2019

Average price paid per share: 278.57 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 272.50 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 212,426,932 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 603,669 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,426,932 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)
19/12/2019	08:12:32	442	272.5
19/12/2019	08:57:56	218	276
19/12/2019	08:57:56	426	276
19/12/2019	08:58:28	212	277.5
19/12/2019	08:58:28	677	277.5
19/12/2019	08:58:28	798	277.5
19/12/2019	09:30:49	224	279
19/12/2019	09:30:52	191	279
19/12/2019	09:31:11	390	279
19/12/2019	09:31:12	217	279
19/12/2019	09:31:23	179	280
19/12/2019	09:31:23	309	282.5
19/12/2019	09:31:23	2779	280
19/12/2019	09:31:23	1230	282.5
19/12/2019	09:32:42	152	281.5
19/12/2019	09:32:45	157	281.5
19/12/2019	09:32:45	487	281.5
19/12/2019	09:32:45	68	281.5
19/12/2019	09:51:11	196	279
19/12/2019	09:51:11	90	279
19/12/2019	09:51:11	126	279
19/12/2019	10:27:34	228	277.5
19/12/2019	11:48:33	213	275.5
19/12/2019	11:48:39	543	276.5
19/12/2019	11:48:48	691	278
19/12/2019	11:48:49	191	279
19/12/2019	11:48:53	2369	278
19/12/2019	11:48:54	577	276
19/12/2019	11:49:08	717	277
19/12/2019	11:53:40	66	275.5
19/12/2019	11:53:40	134	275.5
19/12/2019	11:53:40	430	275.5
19/12/2019	11:58:17	1565	278.5
19/12/2019	11:58:17	339	278.5
19/12/2019	11:58:17	617	278.5
19/12/2019	11:58:17	183	278.5
19/12/2019	11:58:21	1110	279
19/12/2019	12:02:07	424	279
19/12/2019	12:06:56	82	279
19/12/2019	12:06:56	114	279
19/12/2019	12:21:56	221	278.5
19/12/2019	12:41:33	237	277
19/12/2019	13:13:12	237	277
19/12/2019	13:19:01	1104	279
19/12/2019	13:19:01	1668	279
19/12/2019	14:14:52	1488	279
19/12/2019	14:14:52	2920	279
19/12/2019	14:15:01	1140	279
19/12/2019	14:18:50	195	279
19/12/2019	14:19:16	230	278.5
19/12/2019	14:19:16	230	278.5
19/12/2019	14:34:07	29	278
19/12/2019	14:34:07	17	278
19/12/2019	14:34:07	160	278
19/12/2019	14:54:07	8	277.5
19/12/2019	14:54:07	191	277.5
19/12/2019	14:55:49	213	277.5
19/12/2019	15:44:09	213	276.5
19/12/2019	15:44:09	218	276.5
19/12/2019	15:48:47	764	278.5
19/12/2019	15:52:09	241	278
19/12/2019	16:11:09	216	278.5
19/12/2019	16:17:34	240	278
19/12/2019	16:17:34	204	278
19/12/2019	16:17:34	218	278
19/12/2019	16:22:39	225	278
19/12/2019	16:25:05	199	278.5
19/12/2019	16:29:23	102	277.5
19/12/2019	16:29:28	67	277.5

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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