Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7288X

DFS Furniture PLC

20 December 2019

 

20 December 2019

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 December 2019 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: 50,160 shares

Date of transaction: 20 December 2019

Average price paid per share: 280.85 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 278.00 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 212,376,772 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 653,829 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,376,772 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)
20/12/2019	08:56:14	2916	279
20/12/2019	08:56:17	1845	279
20/12/2019	08:56:24	1130	279
20/12/2019	09:02:56	852	279
20/12/2019	09:12:44	199	279
20/12/2019	09:42:01	418	278
20/12/2019	10:02:07	481	278.5
20/12/2019	10:02:07	499	278.5
20/12/2019	10:06:50	762	278.5
20/12/2019	10:07:37	89	278.5
20/12/2019	10:07:37	161	278.5
20/12/2019	10:07:37	974	278.5
20/12/2019	11:02:51	1434	280.5
20/12/2019	11:02:51	922	279.5
20/12/2019	11:02:51	500	280
20/12/2019	11:02:51	201	280.5
20/12/2019	11:02:51	199	280.5
20/12/2019	11:02:51	248	280.5
20/12/2019	11:02:51	1428	280.5
20/12/2019	11:02:54	1205	280.5
20/12/2019	11:23:18	4	279.5
20/12/2019	11:23:18	150	279.5
20/12/2019	11:23:18	219	279.5
20/12/2019	11:23:18	6	279.5
20/12/2019	11:23:18	2	279.5
20/12/2019	11:23:18	49	279.5
20/12/2019	11:25:29	253	280
20/12/2019	12:12:28	2080	282
20/12/2019	12:12:28	27	282
20/12/2019	12:12:28	66	282
20/12/2019	12:12:28	161	282
20/12/2019	12:12:28	1092	282
20/12/2019	12:12:28	500	282
20/12/2019	12:12:28	324	282
20/12/2019	12:12:33	675	282
20/12/2019	12:12:47	189	282
20/12/2019	12:12:47	292	282
20/12/2019	12:12:55	11	282
20/12/2019	12:15:05	139	282.5
20/12/2019	12:15:05	147	282.5
20/12/2019	12:17:05	216	282
20/12/2019	12:19:23	163	282.5
20/12/2019	12:19:23	68	282.5
20/12/2019	12:21:57	248	280.5
20/12/2019	12:24:06	299	280.5
20/12/2019	12:45:38	208	279.5
20/12/2019	12:45:38	254	279.5
20/12/2019	13:24:09	3401	279
20/12/2019	13:24:09	1314	279
20/12/2019	13:26:22	236	279
20/12/2019	13:28:12	428	279
20/12/2019	13:58:19	51	279.5
20/12/2019	14:13:07	943	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	35	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	1319	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	20	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	119	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	225	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	225	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	79	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	204	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	213	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	210	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	198	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	227	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	198	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	240	282
20/12/2019	14:13:07	1319	282
20/12/2019	14:15:33	200	282.5
20/12/2019	14:18:25	39	282.5
20/12/2019	14:18:25	124	282.5
20/12/2019	14:18:25	39	282.5
20/12/2019	14:20:34	158	282
20/12/2019	14:20:34	36	282
20/12/2019	14:20:34	255	282.5
20/12/2019	14:20:34	208	282.5
20/12/2019	14:31:06	210	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	247	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	200	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	198	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	205	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	310	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	199	282
20/12/2019	14:31:06	418	282
20/12/2019	14:33:17	251	280.5
20/12/2019	14:35:35	214	280.5
20/12/2019	14:38:08	238	281.5
20/12/2019	14:40:09	190	281.5
20/12/2019	14:40:09	53	281.5
20/12/2019	14:48:09	196	282.5
20/12/2019	14:48:09	207	282.5
20/12/2019	14:48:09	500	282.5
20/12/2019	14:48:09	211	282.5
20/12/2019	14:49:13	119	282.5
20/12/2019	14:49:13	92	282.5
20/12/2019	14:49:13	186	282.5
20/12/2019	14:49:13	367	282.5
20/12/2019	14:49:13	19	282.5
20/12/2019	14:51:05	254	282.5
20/12/2019	14:52:54	244	282.5
20/12/2019	14:55:07	197	282.5
20/12/2019	14:57:34	202	282
20/12/2019	14:57:34	205	282.5
20/12/2019	14:57:34	85	282.5
20/12/2019	14:59:47	200	282
20/12/2019	15:01:15	210	281.5
20/12/2019	15:01:15	249	281.5
20/12/2019	15:01:15	205	281.5
20/12/2019	15:41:19	222	283
20/12/2019	15:41:19	475	283
20/12/2019	15:41:19	235	283
20/12/2019	15:41:19	1765	283
20/12/2019	15:41:39	488	281.5
20/12/2019	15:41:39	214	281.5
20/12/2019	16:07:02	202	283
20/12/2019	16:07:02	618	283
20/12/2019	16:12:36	205	284
20/12/2019	16:17:52	214	283.5
20/12/2019	16:21:16	216	283.5
20/12/2019	16:22:23	231	283
20/12/2019	16:22:23	400	283
20/12/2019	16:29:55	530	282.5
20/12/2019	16:29:55	38	281.5
20/12/2019	16:29:55	156	281.5
20/12/2019	16:29:55	502	281.5

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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