Copenhagen, 2012-09-11 09:19 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 |
42,881 |
|
15,987,079 |
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| 4 September 2012 | 755 | 372.24 | 281,041 | ||
| 5 September 2012 | 641 | 372.00 | 238,452 | ||
| 6 September 2012 | 271 | 371.11 | 100,571 | ||
| 7 September 2012 | 1,146 | 372.25 | 426,598 | ||
| 10 September 2012 | 215 | 374.00 | 80,410 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
45,909 |
372.78 |
17,114,151 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 403,626 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.0% 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
