REG - DFS Furniture PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

DFS FurnitureAnnouncement

08/12/2022 07:01

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RNS Number : 9450I  DFS Furniture PLC  08 December 2022

8 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:                                       07/12/2022
 Aggregate number of Ordinary GBP0.10 Shares purchased:  55,346
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):                      145.60
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):                     145.60
 Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):     145.60
 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 3,350,156.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 237,327,964 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
 20221207 11:30:59.816842 +0000  55,346  145.60       XLON      00142429618TRLO0

 

Enquiries:

 DFS:                                    TULCHAN
 Liz McDonald (Group Company Secretary)  James Macey-White
 Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)                     Jessica Reid
 investor.relations@dfs.co.uk            dfs@tulchangroup.com

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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