Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0483F

DFS Furniture PLC

17 March 2022

 

17 March 2022

DFS Furniture plc

Transaction in Own Shares

DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" or the "Group"), today announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) from Jefferies International Limited pursuant to its Share Buyback Programme, details of which were announced on 15 March 2022.

Date of purchase	16 March 2022
Aggregate number of shares purchased:	9
Lowest price paid per share:	202.00p
Highest price paid per share:	202.00p
Average price paid per share:	202.00p
Broker:	Jefferies International Limited

DFS intends to retain the purchased shares in treasury.

Following settlement of the above purchase, DFS will have 258,636,720 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue (excluding 222,199 ordinary shares of £0.10 each held in treasury). This number represents the total voting rights in DFS and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Group under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available below:

Transaction Date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform	Transaction Reference Number
16 March 2022	14:18	9	202.00p	XLON	00290257781TRLO0.1.1

Enquiries:

DFS: (enquiries via Tulchan)	TULCHAN
Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)	James Macey-White
Peter McDonald (Investor Relations)	Jessica Reid
[e-mail]	[e-mail]

About DFS Furniture plc

The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner.  We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands and Spain, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell. We attract customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product offer and favourable consumer financing options.  We fulfil orders for our exclusive product ranges through our own three UK finished goods factories, and through manufacturing partners located in the UK, Europe and Far East, and delivered with care through our expert final-mile delivery service "The Sofa Delivery Company". 

 

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