Copenhagen, 2012-09-18 09:23 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 |
45,909 |
|
17,114,151 |
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| 11 September 2012 | 905 | 371.56 | 336,261 | ||
| 12 September 2012 | 949 | 370.64 | 351,738 | ||
| 13 September 2012 | 973 | 371.51 | 361,479 | ||
| 14 September 2012 | 1,075 | 372.26 | 400,180 | ||
| 17 September 2012 | 307 | 368.33 | 113,077 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
50,118 |
372.66 |
18,676,886 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 407,835 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.0% 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
