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 bought back | Average transaction price | Amount (DKK) | |||
| Accumulated, last announcement | 53,665 | 19,973,283 | |||
| 25 September 2012 | 483 | 367.22 | 177,367 | ||
| 26 September 2012 | 1,230 | 368.96 | 453,821 | ||
| 27 September 2012 | 248 | 368.00 | 91,264 | ||
| 28 September 2012 | 1,562 | 370.07 | 578,050 | ||
| 1 October 2012 | 1,176 | 371.95 | 437,413 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 58,364 | 372.00 | 21,711,198 | ||
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