Copenhagen, 2012-06-12 14:24 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 |
8,134 |
3,045,768 |
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| 6 June 2012 | 778 | 359.73 | 279,870 | ||
| 7 June 2012 | 1,006 | 358.37 | 360,520 | ||
| 8 June 2012 | - | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| 11 June 2012 | 822 | 358.17 | 294,416 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme | 10,740 | 370.63 | 3,980,574 | ||
As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 368,457 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.6% 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
