Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1711I

DFS Furniture PLC

01 December 2022

 

1 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 Peel Hunt LLP pursuant to its current Share Buyback Programme, details of which were announced on 15 September 2022.

Date of purchase:	30/11/2022
Aggregate number of Ordinary GBP0.10 Shares purchased:	239,959
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	157.00
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	158.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	157.55
Broker	Peel Hunt LLP

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 2,584,485.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 238,093,635 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 & Time	Volume	Price (Gbp)	Platform	Transaction Reference Number
20221130 13:21:43.946784 +0000	50,677	157.00	XLON	00142194842TRLO0
20221130 14:54:53.970659 +0000	39,282	158.00	XLON	00142205836TRLO0
20221130 15:07:34.012027 +0000	92,074	158.00	XLON	00142207290TRLO0
20221130 15:40:01.657300 +0000	57,926	157.00	XLON	00142211031TRLO0

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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