Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8508C

DFS Furniture PLC

13 February 2020

 

13 February 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 12 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: 12,495 shares

Date of transaction: 12 February 2020

Average price paid per share: 276.89 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 and those shares subsequently utilised to satisfy the employee share based award obligation the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,663,205 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 367,396 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,663,205 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)
12/02/2020	09:42:36	104	276.5
12/02/2020	09:42:39	43	276.5
12/02/2020	09:44:42	343	276.5
12/02/2020	09:46:24	245	276.5
12/02/2020	09:48:46	6	276
12/02/2020	09:48:46	250	276
12/02/2020	09:54:15	220	276.5
12/02/2020	10:56:23	57	278
12/02/2020	10:56:23	155	278
12/02/2020	10:59:11	265	278.5
12/02/2020	10:59:11	924	278.5
12/02/2020	10:59:14	1	277
12/02/2020	10:59:20	268	277
12/02/2020	10:59:48	254	276
12/02/2020	11:01:28	216	275.5
12/02/2020	11:06:21	225	275.5
12/02/2020	12:54:36	225	278.5
12/02/2020	13:10:29	224	276.5
12/02/2020	13:35:40	237	276
12/02/2020	13:35:45	1090	275
12/02/2020	13:39:25	404	276.5
12/02/2020	13:39:25	78	276.5
12/02/2020	13:54:15	498	277
12/02/2020	14:17:17	118	276.5
12/02/2020	14:22:18	146	276.5
12/02/2020	14:22:18	256	276.5
12/02/2020	14:58:02	63	276
12/02/2020	15:07:03	50	276
12/02/2020	15:13:36	141	276
12/02/2020	15:18:26	69	277.5
12/02/2020	15:18:33	438	278
12/02/2020	15:33:48	37	275.5
12/02/2020	15:34:01	75	275.5
12/02/2020	15:34:27	27	275.5
12/02/2020	15:34:27	124	275.5
12/02/2020	15:34:28	146	275.5
12/02/2020	15:39:37	65	275.5
12/02/2020	15:40:04	472	275.5
12/02/2020	15:44:33	251	276.5
12/02/2020	15:59:39	260	276
12/02/2020	16:01:50	260	276.5
12/02/2020	16:01:50	471	276.5
12/02/2020	16:01:50	825	276.5
12/02/2020	16:01:50	243	276.5
12/02/2020	16:15:23	133	279
12/02/2020	16:15:23	79	279
12/02/2020	16:15:44	210	279
12/02/2020	16:15:44	214	279
12/02/2020	16:22:03	38	279
12/02/2020	16:22:03	95	279
12/02/2020	16:22:03	125	279
12/02/2020	16:26:07	57	279
12/02/2020	16:26:07	387	279
12/02/2020	16:29:21	39	279.5
12/02/2020	16:29:21	249	279.5

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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