Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 40

ALK-Abelló
Changes in company's own shares

Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 40

Copenhagen, 2012-10-02 10:55 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             53,665                     19,973,283
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25 September 2012                             483           367.22       177,367
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26 September 2012                           1,230           368.96       453,821
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27 September 2012                             248           368.00        91,264
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28 September 2012                           1,562           370.07       578,050
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1 October 2012                              1,176           371.95       437,413
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Accumulated under the programme            58,364           372.00    21,711,198
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 416,081 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.1% 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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