DSV, 386 - Share buy-back in DSV A/S

27.04.2011

 

Company Announcement No. 386

On 24 February 2011, DSV initiated the published share buy-back programme, cf. company announcement no. 377 of 24 February 2011. According to the programme DSV will in the period to 28 April 2011 purchase own shares up to a maximum value of DKK 500,000,000 and no more than 6,000,000 shares, corresponding to 2.87% of the present share capital of DSV A/S. The program was implemented in accordance with the “Safe Harbour” provisions of EU regulation no. 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003.

Trading day   Number of shares bought back    Average transaction price   Amount DKK
Accumulated for trading day 1-35 3,497,728 124.48 435,380,893
36:  14 April 2011 15,485 124.35 1,925,560
37:  15 April 2011 96,558 125.58 12,125,754
38:  18 April 2011 99,051 125.30 12,411,090
39: 19 April 2011 53,490 125.97 6,738,135
40:  20 April 2011 24,341 127.42 3,101,530
41:  26 April 2011 131,075 131.06 17,178,690
42: 27 April 2011 85,000 130.42 11,085,700
Accumulated for trading 1-42 4,002,728 124.90 499,947,351

DSV’s accumulated share buy-backs in the period from 24 February 2011 to 27 April 2011 thus total 4,002,728 numbers of shares at a total purchase sum of 499.9 DKK million. The published share buy-back programme has now been concluded and the shares bought back will partly be used to hedge the Group’s incentive programme. At DSV’s annual general meeting it will be proposed that shares which are not used for the hedge of the incentive programme will be cancelled.  

As of today, DSV A/S now holds a total of 8,499,889 shares of a nominal DKK 1 in DSV A/S corresponding to 4.06% of the total number of issued shares of 209,150,000.

The last announcement dated 13 April 2011 stated that DSV A/S held 3.86% of the company’s share capital.

Any questions may be addressed to Jens H. Lund, CFO, tel. +45 43 20 30 40.

 

Yours sincerely,

DSV

Jens Bjørn Andersen            Jens H. Lund                        
CEO                                      CFO