DFS Furniture PLC Transaction in Own Shares (5797W)

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RNS Number : 5797W

DFS Furniture PLC

11 December 2019

11 December 2019

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 11 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: 6,661 shares

Date of transaction: 11 December 2019

Average price paid per share: 241.79 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 240.00 pence

Highest price paid per share: 243.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,475,217 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 555,384 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,475,217 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   Volume   Price (GBp)   Platform 
     date           Time 
  11/12/2019     09:52:39      489         240         XLON 
  11/12/2019     10:09:49       83         240         XLON 
  11/12/2019     12:02:14       49         240         XLON 
  11/12/2019     12:02:14      358         240         XLON 
  11/12/2019     12:02:14      244         240         XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:37       53        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:37      566        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:37       28        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:37       68        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:37      594        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:37      494        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     13:44:54      181        240.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     14:29:00      563        241.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     14:30:55       1         241.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     14:36:55      179        241.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     14:36:55      547        241.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     14:40:45      173        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     14:40:45      402        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     15:01:24      432         241         XLON 
  11/12/2019     15:39:50      145        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     15:39:50      222        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     15:39:50      184        242.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     16:29:57      143        243.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     16:29:57      184        243.5        XLON 
  11/12/2019     16:29:57      279        243.5        XLON 
 

For further information, please contact:

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