Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0636B

DFS Furniture PLC

27 January 2020

 

27 January 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 27 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: 8,800 shares

Date of transaction: 27 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 281.24 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 276.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 284.00 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,212,702 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 817,899 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,212,702 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)
27/01/2020	08:20:03	181	276.5
27/01/2020	08:20:03	186	276.5
27/01/2020	08:20:03	5	276.5
27/01/2020	08:27:12	74	280.5
27/01/2020	08:27:12	113	280.5
27/01/2020	08:27:12	187	280.5
27/01/2020	08:31:38	43	280.5
27/01/2020	08:31:38	147	280.5
27/01/2020	08:36:44	190	280.5
27/01/2020	08:40:56	162	280.5
27/01/2020	08:45:29	161	280.5
27/01/2020	08:50:55	163	280.5
27/01/2020	09:09:29	166	278.5
27/01/2020	11:22:48	207	277.5
27/01/2020	12:09:46	166	279
27/01/2020	13:12:35	202	278.5
27/01/2020	14:22:37	160	277.5
27/01/2020	14:30:59	176	277
27/01/2020	14:30:59	180	277
27/01/2020	15:04:15	89	280
27/01/2020	15:04:15	560	280
27/01/2020	15:04:15	816	280
27/01/2020	15:04:23	589	282
27/01/2020	15:04:28	182	284
27/01/2020	15:04:35	1102	284
27/01/2020	15:04:44	1246	284
27/01/2020	16:04:50	182	281
27/01/2020	16:07:59	168	281.5
27/01/2020	16:08:04	388	282
27/01/2020	16:08:04	252	282
27/01/2020	16:29:54	357	283.5

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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