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 back | Average transaction price | Amount (DKK) | |||
| Accumulated, last announcement | 105,087 | 39,465,113 | |||
| 22 January 2013 | 450 | 410.80 | 184,860 | ||
| 23 January 2013 | 301 | 410.52 | 123,568 | ||
| 24 January 2013 | 727 | 410.28 | 298,274 | ||
| 25 January 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| 28 January 2013 | 600 | 412.00 | 247,200 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 107,165 | 376.23 | 40,319,015 | ||
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