Dec 15, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Ahlstrom Corporation has completed the repurchase program of its own shares. The company has acquired a total of 75,000 shares at an average price of Euro 14.62 through public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange, Ahlstrom said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. The shares were acquired under the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting 2010 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 2011 Annual General Meeting. Ahlstrom currently holds 150,000 own shares. Ahlstrom is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers.