Copenhagen, 2012-12-18 08:27 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 | 87,742 | 32,625,838 | |||
| 11 December 2012 | 1,300 | 386.62 | 502,600 | ||
| 12 December 2012 | 1,186 | 384.88 | 456,462 | ||
| 13 December 2012 | 1,325 | 384.13 | 508,972 | ||
| 14 December 2012 | 1,032 | 381.56 | 393,770 | ||
| 17 December 2012 | 250 | 383.40 | 95,850 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 92,835 | 372.53 | 34,583,492 | ||
As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 450,552 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.4% 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