Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0976A

DFS Furniture PLC

17 January 2020

 

17 January 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 16 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: 9,956 shares

Date of transaction: 16 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 286.61 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 282.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 289.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,269,318 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 761,283 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,269,318 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)
16/01/2020	09:29:27	231	284.5
16/01/2020	09:51:16	128	282.5
16/01/2020	09:58:19	43	284
16/01/2020	09:58:19	611	284
16/01/2020	10:12:50	227	285
16/01/2020	10:14:02	11	285.5
16/01/2020	10:14:02	231	285.5
16/01/2020	10:15:01	228	285.5
16/01/2020	10:42:15	214	284.5
16/01/2020	10:50:45	248	286
16/01/2020	11:03:00	151	287
16/01/2020	11:03:00	68	287
16/01/2020	11:29:13	26	285
16/01/2020	11:29:13	228	285
16/01/2020	11:29:13	292	285
16/01/2020	11:37:50	212	285.5
16/01/2020	11:37:50	27	285.5
16/01/2020	11:43:24	237	285
16/01/2020	12:02:30	229	289
16/01/2020	13:04:59	220	288
16/01/2020	13:36:51	244	287
16/01/2020	13:59:52	252	287
16/01/2020	14:06:46	230	287
16/01/2020	14:53:07	97	286
16/01/2020	15:07:05	265	287
16/01/2020	15:09:29	261	287.5
16/01/2020	15:30:51	438	287
16/01/2020	15:48:35	270	287.5
16/01/2020	15:58:12	217	287
16/01/2020	16:00:13	508	287
16/01/2020	16:07:23	822	286.5
16/01/2020	16:12:09	756	287.5
16/01/2020	16:17:56	213	288
16/01/2020	16:22:35	223	288
16/01/2020	16:25:20	35	288.5
16/01/2020	16:25:20	179	288.5
16/01/2020	16:25:27	546	288
16/01/2020	16:25:35	242	288
16/01/2020	16:29:55	199	289.5
16/01/2020	16:29:55	97	289.5

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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