Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7890A

DFS Furniture PLC

23 January 2020

 

23 January 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 23 January 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: 12,784 shares

Date of transaction: 23 January 2020

Average price paid per share: 279.97 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 277.00 pence

Highest price paid per share: 284.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,228,157 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 802,244 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,228,157 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)
23/01/2020	09:30:16	330	284.5
23/01/2020	09:32:03	165	283
23/01/2020	09:38:07	740	283
23/01/2020	11:22:00	141	283
23/01/2020	11:22:00	169	283
23/01/2020	11:30:04	162	280
23/01/2020	11:33:32	174	280
23/01/2020	11:34:23	288	280
23/01/2020	11:34:31	165	282
23/01/2020	11:34:31	1155	282
23/01/2020	11:36:46	153	282
23/01/2020	11:44:27	152	281
23/01/2020	11:58:47	152	279
23/01/2020	12:04:53	152	280
23/01/2020	12:15:47	137	280
23/01/2020	12:22:33	152	278
23/01/2020	12:37:25	140	282
23/01/2020	12:39:44	153	280
23/01/2020	12:45:03	156	280
23/01/2020	12:51:39	135	280.5
23/01/2020	13:00:05	151	280
23/01/2020	13:04:06	135	280
23/01/2020	13:10:47	143	280
23/01/2020	13:16:22	155	280
23/01/2020	13:22:38	151	280
23/01/2020	13:27:22	143	280
23/01/2020	13:33:52	150	280
23/01/2020	13:43:35	143	277
23/01/2020	13:43:35	158	277
23/01/2020	14:32:46	145	279.5
23/01/2020	14:34:05	147	280
23/01/2020	14:36:47	137	280
23/01/2020	14:41:26	1295	278
23/01/2020	14:41:33	46	278
23/01/2020	14:41:33	137	278
23/01/2020	14:51:47	3	279.5
23/01/2020	14:51:47	152	279.5
23/01/2020	14:53:30	51	279.5
23/01/2020	14:53:30	75	279.5
23/01/2020	14:53:30	29	279.5
23/01/2020	14:55:43	37	279.5
23/01/2020	14:55:43	131	279.5
23/01/2020	14:58:42	161	280
23/01/2020	15:02:14	158	279.5
23/01/2020	15:05:42	143	279.5
23/01/2020	15:09:16	158	279.5
23/01/2020	15:12:27	12	279.5
23/01/2020	15:12:27	129	279.5
23/01/2020	15:16:10	155	279.5
23/01/2020	15:20:28	163	279.5
23/01/2020	15:23:15	155	279.5
23/01/2020	15:28:05	140	278.5
23/01/2020	15:30:25	140	278.5
23/01/2020	15:35:23	136	278.5
23/01/2020	15:52:27	135	278.5
23/01/2020	15:52:27	140	278.5
23/01/2020	15:52:27	136	278.5
23/01/2020	15:52:27	154	278.5
23/01/2020	15:52:27	169	278.5
23/01/2020	15:55:23	38	278.5
23/01/2020	15:55:23	103	278.5
23/01/2020	15:57:55	170	278.5
23/01/2020	16:00:15	3	278.5
23/01/2020	16:00:15	167	278.5
23/01/2020	16:03:22	152	278.5
23/01/2020	16:07:14	136	278.5
23/01/2020	16:07:14	4	278.5
23/01/2020	16:11:24	172	278.5
23/01/2020	16:13:45	137	278
23/01/2020	16:25:14	3	279
23/01/2020	16:25:14	249	279
23/01/2020	16:27:04	48	279.5
23/01/2020	16:27:04	30	279.5
23/01/2020	16:27:04	65	279.5
23/01/2020	16:27:04	78	279.5
23/01/2020	16:27:04	159	279.5
23/01/2020	16:29:16	1	279

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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