Copenhagen, 2014-03-17 15:58 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

ALK (ALKB:DC / OMX: ALK B / AKABY / AKBLF): Pursuant to section 28(a) of the Danish Securities Trading Act, ALK-Abelló A/S shall report the following transactions based on the allotments of share options which ALK has granted to the company's Board of Management in accordance with the incentive payments guidelines adopted at the company's annual general meeting on 12 March 2014:

Name Jens Bager
Reason President and CEO
Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S
ISIN code DK0060027142
Type Share options
Transaction Allotment
Allotment date 17 March 2014
Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S
Number 6,800
Market value DKK 837,000 applying the Black & Scholes model

Name Henrik Jacobi
Reason Member of the Board of Management
Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S
ISIN code DK0060027142
Type Share options
Transaction Allotment
Allotment date 17 March 2014
Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S
Number 3,625
Market value DKK 446,000 applying the Black & Scholes model
Name Flemming Steen Jensen
Reason Member of the Board of Management
Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S
ISIN code DK0060027142
Type Share options
Transaction Allotment
Allotment date 17 March 2014
Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S
Number 3,625
Market value DKK 446,000 applying the Black & Scholes model

Name Søren Daniel Niegel
Reason Member of the Board of Management
Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S
ISIN code DK0060027142
Type Share options
Transaction Allotment
Allotment date 17 March 2014
Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S
Number 3,625
Market value DKK 446,000 applying the Black & Scholes model

Name Flemming Pedersen
Reason Member of the Board of Management
Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S
ISIN code DK0060027142
Type Share options
Transaction Allotment
Allotment date 17 March 2014
Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S
Number 3,625
Market value DKK 446,000 applying the Black & Scholes model


ALK-Abelló A/S

Contact: Steen Riisgaard, Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel. +45 4574 7576


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