ALK-Abelló

Transaction in Own Shares • Aug 28, 2012

Copenhagen, 2012-08-28 09:58 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 38,606 14,389,276

21 August 2012 1,166 370.17 431,618

22 August 2012 100 363.50 36,350

23 August 2012 0 0.00 0

24 August 2012 252 374.82 94,455

27 August 2012 565 373.29 210,909

Accumulated under the programme 40,689 372.65 15,162,608

As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 398,406 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.9% 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