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RNS Number : 6922K  DFS Furniture PLC  08 December 2025

8 December 2025

 

 

DFS Furniture plc

Transfer of treasury shares to the Employee Benefit Trust & intended
purchase of shares by the Employee Benefit Trust

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DFS Furniture PLC (the "Company") today announces that following a review of
the Company's obligations arising under the Company's All Employee Share
Scheme, the Company intends to transfer 1,855,580 ordinary shares of £0.10
each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), currently held in Treasury, to the
DFS Furniture PLC Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT") to help meet future
obligations arising under the Company's share schemes.

The Ordinary Shares currently held in Treasury were originally purchased in
2021 as part of the share buyback scheme at the time, all other shares
purchased under that scheme were cancelled on 3 May 2024.

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The Company's issued ordinary share capital comprises 236,000,000 Ordinary
Shares with a nominal value of £0.10 each; and the total number of Ordinary
Shares with voting rights in the Company is 234,144,420, following the
completion of the transfer to the EBT the total number of Ordinary Shares with
voting rights in the Company is 236,000,000.

The above figure may be used by shareholders 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, DFS under the FCA's Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

Intended purchase of shares by Employee Benefit Trust

Additionally, the trustee Ocorian Limited (the "Trustee") of the EBT, has
today indicated its intention to make market purchases of up to 1,300,000
Ordinary Shares for the benefit of the EBT to help meet future obligations
arising under the Company's share schemes (the "Market Purchases").

Market Purchases are subject to the Trustee's absolute discretion as to the
purchase price to be paid. It is expected that the Market Purchases will be
funded by amounts gifted by the Company.

The Trustee will make its trading decisions in relation to the Market
Purchases independently of, and uninfluenced by, the Company. A further
announcement will be made on completion of the Market Purchases.

 

Enquiries:

 

Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)

Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)

investor.relations@dfs.co.uk

 

About DFS Furniture plc

 

The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of upholstered furniture in the
United Kingdom. Our Group purpose is to bring great design and comfort into
every living room, in an affordable, responsible and sustainable manner. We
operate an integrated physical and digital retail network of living room
furniture showrooms and web sites in the United Kingdom and Republic of
Ireland, trading through our leading brands, DFS and Sofology. We attract
customers through our targeted and national marketing activities and our
reputation for high quality innovative products and services, breadth of
product offer and favourable consumer financing options. We fulfill orders for
our exclusive product ranges through our own 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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