Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5433C

DFS Furniture PLC

10 February 2020

 

10 February 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 10 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: 12,283 shares

Date of transaction: 10 February 2020

Average price paid per share: 276.86 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 275.00 pence

Highest price paid per share: 279.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,118,245 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 912,356 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,118,245 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)
10/02/2020	12:13:56	91	279.5
10/02/2020	12:13:56	169	279.5
10/02/2020	12:18:06	40	279.5
10/02/2020	12:18:06	53	279.5
10/02/2020	12:18:06	167	279.5
10/02/2020	12:24:14	172	278.5
10/02/2020	12:24:14	376	278.5
10/02/2020	12:28:33	786	276
10/02/2020	12:29:03	522	278.5
10/02/2020	12:29:03	713	278.5
10/02/2020	12:29:32	247	278
10/02/2020	12:29:59	1450	276.5
10/02/2020	13:36:32	385	277.5
10/02/2020	13:36:32	167	277.5
10/02/2020	13:44:37	282	277.5
10/02/2020	15:00:29	744	277
10/02/2020	15:28:01	247	276.5
10/02/2020	15:28:01	255	276.5
10/02/2020	15:34:14	288	276.5
10/02/2020	15:43:22	13	276
10/02/2020	15:43:22	19	276
10/02/2020	15:43:22	253	276
10/02/2020	15:43:22	60	276
10/02/2020	15:43:22	187	276
10/02/2020	15:43:22	233	276
10/02/2020	15:43:22	562	276
10/02/2020	15:43:31	816	275
10/02/2020	15:55:27	1912	276.5
10/02/2020	16:11:14	804	276.5
10/02/2020	16:21:34	270	276.5

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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