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)

investor.relations@dfs.co.uk

James Macey-White

Jessica Reid

Amber Ahluwalia

dfs@tulchangroup.com

 

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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