ALK-Abelló

Transaction in Own Shares • May 22, 2012

Copenhagen, 2012-05-22 11:35 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 from15 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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15 May 2012 157 388.00 60,916

16 May 2012 1,120 379.97 425,566

21 May 2012 1,132 374.33 423,742

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Accumulated under the programme 2,409 377.84 910,224

As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 360,126 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.6% 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