Copenhagen, 2013-01-22 09:41 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 | 102,858 | 38,560,004 | |||
| 15 January 2013 | 1,114 | 404.17 | 450,245 | ||
| 16 January 2013 | 56 | 402.00 | 22,512 | ||
| 17 January 2013 | 375 | 403.00 | 151,125 | ||
| 18 January 2013 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| 21 January 2013 | 684 | 411.15 | 281,227 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 105,087 | 375.55 | 39,465,113 | ||
As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 462,804 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