Copenhagen, 2013-01-15 08:52 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 |
99,762 |
|
37,296,303 |
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| 8 January 2013 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| 9 January 2013 | 476 | 409.29 | 194,822 | ||
| 10 January 2013 | 1,436 | 410.29 | 589,176 | ||
| 11 January 2013 | 550 | 404.59 | 222,525 | ||
| 14 January 2013 | 634 | 405.64 | 257,178 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
102,858 |
374.89 |
38,560,004 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 460,575 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
