ALK-Abelló

Transaction in Own Shares • Jan 2, 2013

Copenhagen, 2013-01-02 09:17 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 92,835 34,583,492

18 December 2012 30 388.17 11,645

19 December 2012 0 0.00 0

20 December 2012 996 390.35 388,789

21 December 2012 500 389.33 194,665

27 December 2012 867 390.15 338,263

28 December 2012 1,875 389.12 729,600

Accumulated under the programme 97,103 373.28 36,246,454

As of today, ALK's total holding of own shares is 454,820 shares of a nominal
value of DKK 10, corresponding to 4.5% 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