Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 3

ALK-Abelló
Changes in company's own shares

Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 3

Copenhagen, 2013-01-15 08:52 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

On 14 May 2012, ALK-Abelló A/S (“ALK”) initiated a share buy-back programme,
cf. company announcement No. 14/2012. According to the programme, ALK will in
the period from 15 May 2012 to 4 February 2013 purchase own shares for a
maximum amount of DKK 75 million and no more than 200,000 shares corresponding
to 2.0% of the current share capital of ALK. The share buy-back programme is
initiated and structured in compliance with the EU Commission Regulation No.
2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 and thus ALK will publish the accumulated share
buy-back under the programme every week. 

The following transactions have been made under the programme:

                                   No of shares        Average      Amount (DKK)
                                    bought back      transaction                
                                                        price                   
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Accumulated, last announcement             99,762                     37,296,303
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8 January 2013                                  0             0.00             0
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9 January 2013                                476           409.29       194,822
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10 January 2013                             1,436           410.29       589,176
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11 January 2013                               550           404.59       222,525
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14 January 2013                               634           405.64       257,178
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Accumulated under the programme           102,858           374.89    38,560,004
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 460,575 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.5% of the total number of issued shares of
10,128,360. 

                                 ALK-Abelló A/S

                                   Jens Bager
                                President and CEO
                                        

For further information please contact:
Per Plotnikof, Investor Relations Director, tel. +45 4574 7527
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