Copenhagen, 2012-11-20 10:23 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 back | Average transaction price | Amount (DKK) | |||
| Accumulated, last announcement | 75,928 | 28,312,506 | |||
| 13 November 2012 | 733 | 379.46 | 278,144 | ||
| 14 November 2012 | 605 | 374.56 | 226,610 | ||
| 15 November 2012 | 1,000 | 363.53 | 363,530 | ||
| 16 November 2012 | 870 | 354.26 | 308,207 | ||
| 19 November 2012 | 444 | 355.00 | 157,620 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 79,580 | 372.54 | 29,646,617 | ||
As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 437,297 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.3% 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