ALK-Abelló

Share Issue/Capital Change • May 11, 2012

Copenhagen, 2012-05-11 11:33 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Pursuant to section 28(a) of the Danish Securities Trading Act, ALK-Abelló A/S
shall report the following transactions under securities identification code
(ISIN) DK0060027142. The announcement is based on the allotments of share
options and conditional shares which ALK has granted to the company’s Board of
Management in accordance with the incentive pay guidelines adopted at the
company’s annual general meeting on 27 March 2012:

Name Position Allotment Transaction Number Market value
date DKK

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Jens Bager Member of 10 May 2012 Allotted 12,250
Board share options
of Management
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Allotted 1,900
conditional
shares

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Total 1,499,323

Name Position Allotment Transaction Number Market value,
date DKK

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Flemming Member of 10 May 2012 Allotted 7,000
Pedersen Board share options
of Management
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Allotted 1,050
conditional
shares

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Total 842,520

Name Position Allotment Transaction Number Market value,
date DKK

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Flemming Member of 10 May 2012 Allotted 7,000
Steen Board share options
Jensen of
Management
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Allotted 1,050
conditional
shares

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Total 842,520

Name Position Allotment Transaction Number Market value
date DKK

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Henrik Member of 10 May Allotted 7,000
Jacobi Board 2012 share options
of Management
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Allotted 1,050
conditional
shares

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Total 842,520

The shares are traded at NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.

                             ALK-Abelló A/S


                            Steen Riisgaard
                                Chairman

If you require any further information, please feel free to contact Flemming
Pedersen, CFO, tel. +45 4574 7576.