Hikma Pharmaceuticals Regulatory News (HIK)

19 Sep 2007 16:22

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc19 September 2007 For Immediate Release 19 September 2007 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (the "Company") Director/PDMR Shareholding Notification of Option Exercise On 19 September 2007 the following PDMRs exercised their option to purchase thenumber of ordinary shares of 10 pence each set out in the table below in thecapital of the Company. These options were granted on the dates shown belowpursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Option Plan: +--------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+|Name |Date of Grant |Number of Shares Exercised |+--------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+|Majda Labadi |12 October 2004|120,000 |+--------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+|Taghreed Al Shunnar |12 October 2004|120,000 |+--------------------+---------------+-------------------------------------+ On 19 September 2007, the PDMRs disposed of the following number of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the options set out above: +-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+|Name |Date of Disposal |Market Price on Disposal|Number of Shares Disposed|Percentage of Share capital|| | | | | |+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+|Majda Labadi |19 September 2007|£4.210201 |120,000 |0.0708% |+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+|Taghreed Al Shunnar|19 September 2007|£4.210201 |120,000 |0.0708% |+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+ 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|| | | |+-------------------+------------------------------+---------------------------+|Majda Labadi |305,740 |0.1804% |+-------------------+------------------------------+---------------------------+|Taghreed Al Shunnar|29,640 |0.0175% |+-------------------+------------------------------+---------------------------+ The issued share capital of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC is now 169,435,407 ordinary shares of 10 pence each. Date of Notification: 19 September 2007 Henry KnowlesCompany Secretary020 7399 2760 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange