Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 34

ALK-Abelló
Changes in company's own shares

Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 34

Copenhagen, 2012-08-21 12:44 CEST (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             35,024                     13,020,665
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14 August 2012                                339           394.71       133,806
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15 August 2012                                349           395.45       138,012
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16 August 2012                                961           381.75       366,862
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17 August 2012                                809           381.00       308,229
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20 August 2012                              1,124           375.18       421,702
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Accumulated under the programme            38,606           372.72    14,389,276
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 396,323 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.9% 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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