ALK-Abelló

Transaction in Own Shares • Nov 13, 2012

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        Average      Amount (DKK)
                                bought back      transaction                
                                                    price

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Accumulated, last announcement 73,413 27,343,609

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

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