REG - DFS Furniture PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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05/10/2022 09:34

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RNS Number : 7784B  DFS Furniture PLC  05 October 2022

05 October 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 Share Buyback Programme, details of which were announced on 15 March
2022.

 

Jefferies International Limited has concluded the first tranche of DFS's Share
Buyback Programme. From 03 August 2022, the second tranche commenced and is
being undertaken by Peel Hunt LLP.

 

 Date of purchase:                                       04-Oct-22
 Aggregate number of Ordinary GBP0.10 Shares purchased:  150,000
 Lowest price paid per share (GBp):                      113.00
 Highest price paid per share (GBp):                     113.00
 Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):     113.00
 Broker                                                  Peel Hunt LLP

 

DFS intends to retain the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, the Company will have 258,636,720 ordinary
shares of £0.10 each in issue. The total number of shares held by the Company
in treasury is 17,663,321.

Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company is 240,973,399 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
 20221004 12:24:09.715772 +0100s  100,000  113          XLON      00139863520TRLO0
 20221004 15:11:42.765141 +0100s  50,000   113          XLON      00139880180TRLO0

 

Enquiries:

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

About DFS Furniture plc

The Group is the clear market-leading retailer of living room 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, Republic of Ireland,
Netherlands and Spain, trading through our leading brands, DFS, Sofology and
Dwell. 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".

 

 

 

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