Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4031C

DFS Furniture PLC

07 February 2020

 

7 February 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 7 February 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: 18,000 shares

Date of transaction: 7 February 2020

Average price paid per share: 279.32 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 275.00 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 212,130,528 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 900,073 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,130,528 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)
07/02/2020	08:03:21	183	276
07/02/2020	08:45:09	400	275.5
07/02/2020	08:45:57	198	275.5
07/02/2020	08:45:57	199	275.5
07/02/2020	08:45:57	199	275.5
07/02/2020	08:45:57	243	275.5
07/02/2020	08:45:57	590	275.5
07/02/2020	08:49:23	132	275
07/02/2020	08:49:23	74	275
07/02/2020	08:53:43	185	275
07/02/2020	09:00:48	202	275
07/02/2020	09:07:08	204	275.5
07/02/2020	09:13:24	183	275.5
07/02/2020	09:18:22	200	275.5
07/02/2020	09:25:31	200	275.5
07/02/2020	10:03:48	72	276
07/02/2020	10:03:48	105	276
07/02/2020	10:18:48	336	276
07/02/2020	10:24:57	285	276.5
07/02/2020	10:27:40	202	277
07/02/2020	10:31:11	210	277
07/02/2020	10:39:42	221	276.5
07/02/2020	10:48:55	196	276.5
07/02/2020	10:53:30	187	276.5
07/02/2020	11:04:17	181	276.5
07/02/2020	11:32:19	74	276.5
07/02/2020	11:40:42	59	276.5
07/02/2020	11:40:42	116	276.5
07/02/2020	11:48:06	43	276.5
07/02/2020	11:57:42	68	276.5
07/02/2020	11:58:00	183	276.5
07/02/2020	11:58:00	11	276.5
07/02/2020	12:07:48	209	279
07/02/2020	12:10:12	207	282.5
07/02/2020	12:10:12	222	282.5
07/02/2020	12:14:31	183	279
07/02/2020	12:27:33	219	279
07/02/2020	12:31:46	37	278.5
07/02/2020	12:31:46	157	278.5
07/02/2020	12:44:24	226	283
07/02/2020	12:48:29	210	280.5
07/02/2020	12:58:38	37	280.5
07/02/2020	12:58:38	228	280.5
07/02/2020	13:15:42	68	280.5
07/02/2020	13:15:42	184	280.5
07/02/2020	13:30:21	23	283
07/02/2020	13:30:21	110	283
07/02/2020	13:30:21	85	283
07/02/2020	13:32:18	199	283
07/02/2020	13:35:31	4	281
07/02/2020	13:35:31	7	281
07/02/2020	13:35:31	147	281
07/02/2020	13:35:31	29	281
07/02/2020	13:35:31	158	281
07/02/2020	13:35:31	53	281
07/02/2020	13:38:57	5	281
07/02/2020	13:38:57	204	281
07/02/2020	13:38:57	5	281
07/02/2020	13:43:47	139	280.5
07/02/2020	13:47:17	198	284
07/02/2020	13:52:56	241	281.5
07/02/2020	14:13:10	79	280.5
07/02/2020	14:18:35	54	280.5
07/02/2020	14:22:53	23	280.5
07/02/2020	14:22:53	51	280.5
07/02/2020	14:27:52	74	280.5
07/02/2020	14:30:09	195	283
07/02/2020	14:30:09	18	283
07/02/2020	14:30:09	352	283
07/02/2020	14:30:09	500	283
07/02/2020	14:50:26	181	280.5
07/02/2020	14:50:26	219	280.5
07/02/2020	14:50:26	657	280.5
07/02/2020	14:52:50	213	280.5
07/02/2020	14:55:30	167	279.5
07/02/2020	14:55:30	15	280
07/02/2020	15:00:31	206	281.5
07/02/2020	15:03:03	209	281
07/02/2020	15:07:30	154	280.5
07/02/2020	15:07:30	49	281
07/02/2020	15:11:01	191	281
07/02/2020	15:15:36	176	281
07/02/2020	15:17:43	208	281
07/02/2020	15:26:27	15	280
07/02/2020	15:26:27	162	280
07/02/2020	15:26:27	11	280
07/02/2020	15:26:27	32	280
07/02/2020	15:26:27	73	280
07/02/2020	15:26:27	78	280
07/02/2020	15:42:53	182	280.5
07/02/2020	15:42:53	212	280.5
07/02/2020	15:42:53	633	280.5
07/02/2020	15:46:31	187	280
07/02/2020	15:56:59	177	281
07/02/2020	15:58:52	191	281
07/02/2020	16:01:24	181	281
07/02/2020	16:08:22	430	282
07/02/2020	16:08:27	210	280.5
07/02/2020	16:12:19	224	280
07/02/2020	16:15:23	339	280
07/02/2020	16:15:24	354	279.5
07/02/2020	16:19:10	222	281
07/02/2020	16:22:18	24	281
07/02/2020	16:22:18	168	281
07/02/2020	16:24:36	133	283
07/02/2020	16:27:09	36	284

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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