DFS Furniture PLC Transaction in Own Shares (4303W)

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RNS Number : 4303W

DFS Furniture PLC

10 December 2019

10 December 2019

For immediate release

DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" and the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 10 December 2019 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 2019.

Description of shares: DFS Furniture plc - ordinary shares of 150 pence

Number of shares repurchased: 9,930 shares

Date of transaction: 10 December 2019

Average price paid per share: 242.23 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 237.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 244.00 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,481,878 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 548,723 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,481,878 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    Transaction 
     date           Time      Volume   Price (GBp)   Platform 
  10/12/2019     13:54:50      713        237.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     14:59:25      175        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     14:59:25      417        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:09:13       42        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:09:13       72        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:09:14       65        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:12:40       30        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:12:40       60        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:12:40      215        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:12:40      186        239.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:15:17       8         241.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:15:17      600        241.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16      615         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16      787         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16       7          244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16       29         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16       62         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16      291         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:25:16      1400        244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:52:18       3         242.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:52:18       29        242.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:52:18      1060       242.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     15:53:41      574        241.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:08:03      589         243         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:19:30      171         242         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:19:30       62         242         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:19:30      289         242         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:25:17       25         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:25:17      225         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:25:17      423         244         XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:29:50       74        242.5        XLON 
  10/12/2019     16:29:50      632        242.5        XLON 
 
 

For further information, please contact:

 
 DFS (enquiries via Tulchan)             TULCHAN 
 Tim Stacey (CEO)                        James Macey-White 
  Mike Schmidt (CFO)                      Jessica Reid 
  Liz McDonald (Company Secretary)        Amber Ahluwalia 
  Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)    [e-mail] 
  [e-mail] 
 
 

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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