ALK-Abelló

Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 9, 2012

Copenhagen, 2012-03-09 08:19 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

On 15 November 2011, ALK-Abelló A/S (“ALK”) initiated a share buy-back
programme, cf. company announcement No. 24 of 15 November 2011. According to
the programme, ALK will in the period from 15 November 2011 to 30 April 2012
purchase own shares for a maximum amount of DKK 45 million and no more than
150,000 shares corresponding to 1.5% 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.

Trading day No of Average transaction Amount
shares price (DKK)
bought back

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78: 2 Mar 2012 658 341.00 224,378

79: 5 Mar 2012 850 350.38 297,823

80: 6 Mar 2012 1,736 363.18 630,480

81: 7 Mar 2012 - - -

82: 8 Mar 2012 1,619 366.67 593,639

Accumulated for trading days 4,863 359.10 1,746,320
78-82

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The accumulated number of shares bought back in the period from 15 November
2011 to 8 March 2012 is 104,358 corresponding to a total purchase sum of DKK
34,173,425.

As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 331,333 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 3.3% 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