Hikma Pharmaceuticals Regulatory News (HIK)

15 Oct 2007 17:06

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc15 October 2007 For Immediate Release 15 October 2007 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (the "Company") Director/PDMR Shareholding Notification of Option Exercise On 15 October 2007 the following Director/PDMRs exercised their option topurchase the number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each set out in the tablebelow in the capital of the Company. These options were granted on the datesshown below pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Option Plan: Name Date of Grant Number of Shares Exercised Samih Darwazah 12 October 2004 320,000Taghreed Al Shunnar 12 October 2004 120,000 On 19 September 2007, Taghreed Al-Shunnar disposed of the following number of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the options set out above: Date of Disposal Market Price Number of Shares Percentage of Name on Disposal Disposed Share capital Taghreed Al Shunnar 15 October 2007 464.200946 p 120,000 As a result of the above transactions the Executive Directors and PDMRs listedbelow now have the following holdings in the ordinary share capital of theCompany: Name Ordinary Shares in the Company Percentage of Share capital Samih Darwazah 2,026,506 1.191%Taghreed Al Shunnar 29,640 0.017% The issued share capital of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC is now 170,189,007 ordinary shares of 10 pence each. Date of Notification: 15 October 2007 Henry KnowlesCompany Secretary020 7399 2760 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange