Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 5

ALK-Abelló
Changes in company's own shares

Share Buy-Back in ALK - week 5

Copenhagen, 2013-01-29 08:56 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 bought    Average    Amount (DKK)
                                         back          transaction              
                                                          price                 
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Accumulated, last announcement        105,087                         39,465,113
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22 January 2013                           450               410.80       184,860
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23 January 2013                           301               410.52       123,568
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24 January 2013                           727               410.28       298,274
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25 January 2013                             0       0         0.00             0
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28 January 2013                           600               412.00       247,200
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Accumulated under the programme       107,165               376.23    40,319,015
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 464,882 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.6% 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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