Copenhagen, 2013-01-08 08:28 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 |
97,103 |
36,246,454 |
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| 2 January 2013 | 539 | 392.38 | 211,493 | ||
| 3 January 2013 | 750 | 391.61 | 293,708 | ||
| 4 January 2013 | 70 | 391.50 | 27,404 | ||
| 7 January 2013 | 1,300 | 397.88 | 517,244 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
99,762 |
373.85 |
37,296,303 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 457,479 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.5% 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
