Copenhagen, 2012-07-10 09:31 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 |
20,506 |
360.81 |
7,398,869 |
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| 3 July 2012 | 301 | 361.00 | 108,661 | ||
| 4 July 2012 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| 5 July 2012 | 750 | 385.80 | 289,350 | ||
| 6 July 2012 | 1,056 | 383.42 | 404,892 | ||
| 9 July 2012 | 777 | 379,30 | 294.716 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
23,390 |
363.25 |
8,496,488 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 381,107 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.8% 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
