Correction of AGM date

9 May 2011 17:29

Verona Pharma plc (the "Company") Notice of AGM and Annual Report - Correction

The announcement released by the Company at 16:14 on 9 May 2011 incorrectly stated the date of the Annual General Meeting as Friday 3 June 2010 when it should have stated Friday 3 June 2011. The full corrected text of the announcement is as follows:

9 May 2011 - London, UK - Verona Pharma plc (AIM: VRP.L) today announces that its 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held at the offices of Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP, 5th Floor, One America Square, Crosswall, London EC3N 2SG on Friday 3 June 2011 at 11.30 a.m.

The Company also announces that the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2010 and the 2011 Annual General Meeting notice were today posted to shareholders and will shortly be available for download at the Company's website www.veronapharma.com.

For more information please contact:

Verona Pharma plc Tel: 020 7863 3300Clive Page, Chairman info@veronapharma.comMichael Walker, CEO Evolution Securities Limited (NOMAD and Joint Tel: 020 7071 4300 Broker) contactus@evosecurities.com

Bobbie Hilliam / Tim Redfern / Patrick Castle

WH Ireland Group Plc (Joint Broker) Tel: 0121 265 6300Richard Smith / Nicola Rayner Richard.Smith@WH-Ireland.Co.UK College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020Melanie Toyne Sewell / Gemma Howe verona@thecollegegroup.com