Copenhagen, 2012-11-13 08:55 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 |
73,413 |
27,343,609 |
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| 6 November 2012 | 1,100 | 387.60 | 426,360 | ||
| 7 November 2012 | 467 | 386.79 | 180,631 | ||
| 8 November 2012 | 609 | 380.66 | 231,824 | ||
| 9 November 2012 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| 12 November 2012 | 339 | 383.72 | 130,082 | ||
| Accumulated under the programme |
75,928 |
372.89 |
28,312,506 |
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As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 433,645 shares of a nominal value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.3% 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
