DFDS — Director's Dealing 2016

Feb 12, 2016

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

DFDS

REPORTING OF TRANSACTIONS IN DFDS' SHARES AND ASSOCIATED SECURITIES BY SENIOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES

Pursuant to section 28a of the Danish Securities Trading Act, DFDS A/S must disclose information on trading in the shares and associated securities of DFDS A/S undertaken by senior employees or their related parties.

Name: Lauritzen Foundation
Cause: Bent Østergaard, Chairman of the Board, DFDS, and CEO, Lauritzen Foundation
Issuer: DFDS A/S
ISIN: DK 0060655629
Designation: Shares
Transaction: Sale
Trading date: 12 February 2016

DFDS is launching a share buy-back programme on 12 February 2016 for an amount of up to DKK 250m, c.f. company announcement no. 4/2016 of 12 February 2016.

The Lauritzen Foundation has committed itself to participating pro rata in the share buy-back programme with a share of 42.5% corresponding to its current ownership share.

The pro rata share buy-back of the Lauritzen Foundation entails that the Lauritzen Foundation daily sells a pro rata amount of DFDS shares at a price calculated according to the volume-weighted average purchase price for the shares bought according to the share buy-back programme on the relevant day of trading.

When the share buy-back programme is completed, a company announcement will be issued reporting the total number and value of shares sold by the Lauritzen Foundation. Announcements pursuant to section 28a of the Danish Securities Trading Act will on an ongoing basis be sent to the Danish FSA.

NAME	TRADE	NO. OF SHARES	PRICE, DKK	TOTAL VALUE, DKK
Lauritzen Foundation	Sale	See above	See above	See above

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DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
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www.dfdsgroup.com

Company announcement no.
5/2016
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Contact

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+45 33 42 34 00

Torben Carlsen, CFO
+45 33 42 32 01

Søren Brandholt Nielsen, IR
+45 33 42 33 59

About DFDS

DFDS provides shipping and transport services in Europe, generating annual revenues of EUR 1.7bn.

To over 8,000 freight customers, we deliver high performance and superior reliability through shipping and port terminal services, and transport and logistics solutions.

For six million passengers, we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services.

Our 6,600 employees are located in offices across 20 countries. DFDS was founded in 1866, is headquartered in Copenhagen, and listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.

Disclaimer

The statements about the future in this announcement contain an element of risk and uncertainty, both in general and specific terms, and this means that actual developments may diverge considerably from the statements about the future.