Copenhagen, 2016-03-02 09:43 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, which ALK has received from the persons listed below: In accordance with the guidelines for incentive payments to the Board of Management of ALK-Abelló A/S adopted by the annual general meeting, the Board of Directors undertook to grant conditional shares in ALK-Abelló A/S in March 2013. The conditional shares will be available in March 2016, three years following the date of grant, provided that ALK achieves the pre-agreed targets for vesting and that the employment relationship with the ALK Group has not been terminated by the Company on objective grounds or terminated during the three-year period from the date of grant in 2013. Delivery of shares has now taken place according to the conditions for the conditional shares in ALK-Abelló A/S granted in March 2013 to Board of Management and key employees. Name Jens Bager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reason Former President and CEO. Comprised by ALKs insider rules about reporting transactions during his resignation period of six months. Conditional shares vesting during the resignation period are part of severance agreement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISIN DK0060027142 code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Shares -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transa Delivery of shares ction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tradin 1 March 2016 g date -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number 925 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market DKK 917,896 value -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Henrik Jacobi ----------------------------------------------- Reason Member of the Board of Management ----------------------------------------------- Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S ----------------------------------------------- ISIN code DK0060027142 ----------------------------------------------- Type Shares ----------------------------------------------- Transaction Delivery of shares ----------------------------------------------- Trading date 1 March 2016 ----------------------------------------------- Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S ----------------------------------------------- Number 525 ----------------------------------------------- Market value DKK 520,968 ----------------------------------------------- Name Sřren Daniel Niegel ----------------------------------------------- Reason Member of the Board of Management ----------------------------------------------- Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S ----------------------------------------------- ISIN code DK0060027142 ----------------------------------------------- Type Shares ----------------------------------------------- Transaction Delivery of shares ----------------------------------------------- Trading date 1 March 2016 ----------------------------------------------- Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S ----------------------------------------------- Number 413 ----------------------------------------------- Market value DKK 409,828 ----------------------------------------------- Name Flemming Pedersen ----------------------------------------------- Reason Member of the Board of Management ----------------------------------------------- Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S ----------------------------------------------- ISIN code DK0060027142 ----------------------------------------------- Type Shares ----------------------------------------------- Transaction Delivery of shares ----------------------------------------------- Trading date 1 March 2016 ----------------------------------------------- Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S ----------------------------------------------- Number 550 ----------------------------------------------- Market value DKK 545,776 ----------------------------------------------- Name Andreas Slyngborg Holst ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reason Member of the Board of Directors (employee-elected) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer ALK-Abelló A/S ----------------------------------------------------------------- ISIN code DK0060027142 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type Shares ----------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Delivery of shares ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trading date 1 March 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Market NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S ----------------------------------------------------------------- Number 113 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Market value DKK 112,132 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ALK-Abelló A/S Contact: Steen Riisgaard, Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel. +45 4574 7576