REG - DFS Furniture PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
17 February 2020
For immediate release
DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" and the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 14 February 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: 2,655 shares
Date of transaction: 14 February 2020
Average price paid per share: 276.75 pence
Lowest price paid per share: 275.50 pence
Highest price paid per share: 279.00 pence
Broker: Jefferies International Limited
Following the purchase of these shares and those shares subsequently utilised to satisfy the employee share based award obligation the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,658,996 (excluding Treasury shares) and the company will hold 371,605 ordinary shares in Treasury.
The figure of 212,658,996 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)
14/02/2020
09:26:40
128
276
14/02/2020
09:30:04
67
276.5
14/02/2020
09:44:51
73
276
14/02/2020
09:59:26
40
275.5
14/02/2020
10:37:25
22
276
14/02/2020
10:40:31
64
276.5
14/02/2020
10:43:09
54
276
14/02/2020
10:43:09
15
276
14/02/2020
10:43:09
152
276
14/02/2020
11:06:30
61
278.5
14/02/2020
11:06:30
244
278.5
14/02/2020
11:08:52
62
278.5
14/02/2020
12:03:09
73
279
14/02/2020
12:07:39
66
279
14/02/2020
12:16:46
58
277
14/02/2020
12:16:46
195
277
14/02/2020
12:19:14
63
277
14/02/2020
14:25:07
58
276
14/02/2020
15:22:10
193
276.5
14/02/2020
15:28:12
61
276.5
14/02/2020
15:28:12
561
276.5
14/02/2020
15:28:18
67
276
14/02/2020
16:09:26
73
275.5
14/02/2020
16:09:26
69
276
14/02/2020
16:27:23
12
275.5
14/02/2020
16:28:08
18
275.5
14/02/2020
16:28:08
34
275.5
14/02/2020
16:29:58
8
275.5
14/02/2020
16:29:58
64
275.5
For further information, please contact:
DFS (enquiries via Tulchan)
TULCHAN
Liz McDonald (Company Secretary)
Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)
James Macey-White
Jessica Reid
Amber Ahluwalia
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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