ALK-Abelló

Transaction in Own Shares • Sep 25, 2012

Copenhagen, 2012-09-25 08:24 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        Average      Amount (DKK)
                                bought back      transaction                
                                                    price

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Accumulated, last announcement 50,118 18,676,886

18 September 2012 1,115 365.43 407,454

19 September 2012 586 361.17 211,646

20 September 2012 0 0.00 0

21 September 2012 0 0.00 0

24 September 2012 1,846 366.90 677,297

Accumulated under the programme 53,665 372.18 19,973,283

As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 411,382 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.1% 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