Mar 16, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Ahlstrom Corporation has completed the repurchase program of its own shares announced on February 3, 2010. Ahlstrom has acquired a total of 75,000 shares at an average price of Euro 11.68 through public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange, company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. The shares were acquired under the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting 2009 for the implementation of the company's share-based incentive plan. Ahlstrom's Board of Directors has an authorization to acquire 4,500,000 of the company's own shares, which is valid until the end of the 2010 Annual General Meeting. Ahlstrom is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers.