Copenhagen, 2012-10-30 08:48 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 |
68,651 |
|
25,518,933 |
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| 23 October 2012 | 902 | 369.43 | 333,226 | ||
| 24 October 2012 | 647 | 387.46 | 250,687 | ||
| 25 October 2012 | 762 | 388.95 | 296,380 | ||
| 26 October 2012 | 179 | 388.23 | 69,493 | ||
| 29 October 2012 | 706 | 388.66 | 274,394 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
71,847 |
372.22 |
26,743,113 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 429,564 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.2% 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
