DFS Furniture PLC Transaction in Own Shares (9675B)

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RNS Number : 9675B

DFS Furniture PLC

04 February 2020

4 February 2020

For immediate release

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

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 4 February 2020 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 and 18 December 2019.

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

Number of shares repurchased: 8,896 shares

Date of transaction: 4 February 2020

Average price paid per share: 275.94 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 275.00 pence

Highest price paid per share: 277.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,159,989 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 870,612 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,159,989 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) 
    04/02/2020        11:53:30      489         276 
    04/02/2020        11:53:30      447         276 
    04/02/2020        11:54:58      178         275 
    04/02/2020        11:55:16      398         275 
    04/02/2020        11:55:16       30         275 
    04/02/2020        11:55:58      388         275 
    04/02/2020        12:02:21      438         276 
    04/02/2020        12:19:14      206         277 
    04/02/2020        12:20:36      852         277 
    04/02/2020        12:24:42      410         277 
    04/02/2020        13:46:16      194        275.5 
    04/02/2020        13:46:16      237        275.5 
    04/02/2020        14:01:13      567        275.5 
    04/02/2020        14:12:59      714         276 
    04/02/2020        14:13:21      201         276 
    04/02/2020        14:13:21      208         276 
    04/02/2020        15:24:21      161        275.5 
    04/02/2020        15:24:51       37        275.5 
    04/02/2020        15:24:51      237        275.5 
    04/02/2020        15:37:14      203         276 
    04/02/2020        15:42:51      301        275.5 
    04/02/2020        15:43:27      101         276 
    04/02/2020        15:43:27      311         276 
    04/02/2020        15:52:37      190        275.5 
    04/02/2020        15:52:37      221        275.5 
    04/02/2020        16:05:14      194        275.5 
    04/02/2020        16:05:14      426        275.5 
    04/02/2020        16:29:30      283         276 
    04/02/2020        16:29:44       32         276 
    04/02/2020        16:29:51      242        277.5 
 

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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