Copenhagen, 2012-07-24 11:23 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 |
25,056 |
|
9,128,532 |
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| 17 July 2012 | 421 | 387.07 | 162,958 | ||
| 18 July 2012 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| 19 July 2012 | 82 | 390.50 | 32,021 | ||
| 20 July 2012 | 879 | 392.73 | 345,212 | ||
| 23 July 2012 | 935 | 389.03 | 363,740 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
27,373 |
366.51 |
10,032,463 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 385,090 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
