Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2378K

DFS Furniture PLC

20 December 2022

 

20 December 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 current Share Buyback Programme, details of which were announced on 15 September 2022.

Peel Hunt LLP has now concluded the first tranche of DFS's Share Buyback Programme. From 08 December 2022, the second tranche commenced and is being undertaken by Jefferies International Limited.

Date of purchase	19-Dec-22
Aggregate number of shares purchased:	73,760
Lowest price paid per share:	148.00
Highest price paid per share:	150.40
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	149.43
Broker:	Jefferies International Limited

DFS intends to retain the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company will have 240,678,120 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue. The total number of shares held by the Company in treasury is 3,889,158.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 236,788,962 and this figure 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 (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
19/12/2022	16:25:09	436	150.2	XLON	00331814418TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:24:41	25	149.8	TRQX	00331813753TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:24:41	17	149.8	TRQX	00331813754TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:24:41	34	149.8	TRQX	00331813752TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:24:11	277	150.2	XLON	00331813293TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:22:15	239	150.2	XLON	00331811036TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:19:55	372	150	XLON	00331808393TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:19:55	130	150	XLON	00331808392TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:18:08	91	149.8	BATE	00331806557TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:18:08	8	149.8	BATE	00331806556TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:17:34	69	149.6	CHIX	00331805855TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:17:34	13	149.6	CHIX	00331805856TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:16:53	535	149.6	XLON	00331804742TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:16:26	283	149.8	XLON	00331804191TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:15:28	150	149.8	BATE	00331802805TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:15:28	138	150	BATE	00331802806TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:14:33	552	149.6	CHIX	00331801454TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:14:31	255	149.6	XLON	00331801416TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:14:31	255	149.6	XLON	00331801414TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:14:31	4080	149.6	XLON	00331801415TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:14:31	17	149.6	TRQX	00331801412TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:14:31	17	149.6	TRQX	00331801413TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:13:56	283	150	XLON	00331800412TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:13:39	101	150	BATE	00331800082TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:12:26	255	150	XLON	00331798439TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:11:29	255	150	XLON	00331796977TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:11:25	109	150	BATE	00331796876TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:07:26	1421	149.6	TRQX	00331790496TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:07:26	4	149.6	TRQX	00331790495TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:07:26	15	149.6	TRQX	00331790494TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:07:18	6	150	BATE	00331790373TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:07:18	86	150	BATE	00331790372TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:05:01	6	150	BATE	00331787061TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:05:01	86	150	BATE	00331787060TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:02:57	79	150	BATE	00331784308TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	16:02:57	19	150	BATE	00331784307TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:59:14	100	150	BATE	00331778517TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:56:16	93	150	BATE	00331774429TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:54:03	93	150	BATE	00331770395TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:49:15	94	150	BATE	00331762817TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:47:10	250	149.4	XLON	00331757469TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:47:07	94	150	BATE	00331757391TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:45:00	273	149.4	XLON	00331754728TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:43:24	72	149.4	CHIX	00331753093TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:42:58	202	149.4	XLON	00331752768TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:42:58	71	149.4	XLON	00331752767TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:41:21	115	150.2	BATE	00331750850TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:40:42	338	149.4	XLON	00331750177TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:39:45	284	150.4	XLON	00331749001TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:39:20	70	149.4	CHIX	00331748503TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	289	150.2	XLON	00331746859TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	289	150.2	XLON	00331746858TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	62	150.2	CHIX	00331746857TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	1008	150.2	BATE	00331746854TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	473	150.2	XLON	00331746855TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	2	150.2	CHIX	00331746856TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	108	150.2	BATE	00331746853TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	320	150.2	CHIX	00331746852TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	3636	150.2	BATE	00331746851TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:38:13	11954	150.2	XLON	00331746850TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:21:54	246	149.8	XLON	00331724777TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	507	149.2	BATE	00331716705TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	1710	149.2	XLON	00331716706TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	376	149.2	BATE	00331716700TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	443	149.2	XLON	00331716698TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	4329	149.2	XLON	00331716697TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	487	149.2	XLON	00331716699TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	827	149.2	BATE	00331716695TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	2891	149.2	XLON	00331716696TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	125	149.2	XLON	00331716694TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	2092	149.2	XLON	00331716693TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	5071	149.2	XLON	00331716690TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	8734	149.2	XLON	00331716691TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	604	149.2	XLON	00331716692TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	931	149.2	BATE	00331716689TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	675	149.2	XLON	00331716688TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:41	491	150	XLON	00331716687TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:00	246	150	XLON	00331715667TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:17:00	24	150	XLON	00331715666TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:16:22	109	149.2	BATE	00331714571TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:16:22	72	149.2	BATE	00331714572TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:16:20	254	149	XLON	00331714490TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:16:20	286	149.2	XLON	00331714489TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:16:16	6229	148	XLON	00331714374TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:15:39	94	149.2	BATE	00331713349TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:14:47	1158	149	CHIX	00331711583TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:14:47	1469	149	CHIX	00331711581TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:14:47	522	149	CHIX	00331711582TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:14:47	1179	149	CHIX	00331711580TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:14:47	500	149	CHIX	00331711579TRLO1.1.1
19/12/2022	15:14:47	71	149	CHIX	00331711578TRLO1.1.1

Enquiries:

DFS:	TULCHAN
Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)	James Macey-White
Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)	Jessica Reid
[e-mail]	[e-mail]

About DFS Furniture plc

Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into every home, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner.  We operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and Dwell.  The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of upholstered furniture in the United Kingdom.  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 Limited".

 

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