Copenhagen, 2012-08-07 08:50 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 | 29,036 | 10,676,010 | |||
| 31 July 2012 | 844 | 383.46 | 323,640 | ||
| 1 August 2012 | 97 | 384.46 | 37,293 | ||
| 2 August 2012 | 960 | 384.80 | 369,408 | ||
| 3 August 2012 | 611 | 396.15 | 242,048 | ||
| 6 August 2012 | 962 | 390.00 | 375,180 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 32,510 | 369.84 | 12,023,579 | ||
As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 390,227 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.9% 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