Copenhagen, 2017-03-16 12:55 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALK (ALKB:DC / OMX: ALK B / AKABY / AKBLF) reports the following transactions, based on the allotments of share options and conditional shares which ALK has granted in accordance with the sign on fee for the new President & CEO Carsten Hellmann adopted at the company’s Annual General Meeting on 15 March 2017: 1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibility / person closely associated -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Name Carsten Hellmann -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the notification -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Position/status President & CEO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b) Initial notification/ Initial notification amendment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Name ALK-Abelló A/S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b) LEI 529900SGCREUZCZ7P020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument: (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Description of the financial instrument, B shares type of instrument DK0060027142 Identification code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b) Nature of the transaction Allotment based on existing programmes from 2014 and 2015 and a new programme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DKK 6,800 (2014: share 1,832,310 options) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DKK 1,125 (2014: 1,039,500 conditional shares) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DKK 5,900 (2015: share 1,450,296 options) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DKK 1,140 (2015: 1,053,360 conditional shares) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DKK 17,068 (new: share 3,924,533 options) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d) Aggregated information 32,033 - Aggregated volume DKK 9,299,999 million - Price -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e) Date of the transaction 2017-01-01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f) Place of the transaction NASDAQ Copenhagen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALK-Abelló A/S For further information please contact: Investor Relations: Per Plotnikof, tel. +45 4574 7527, mobile +45 2261 2525