Director Share options

RNS Number : 6736Q

Alliance Pharma PLC

16 April 2009

 



For Immediate Release

16 April 2009

ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC

('the Company')

Share Options

Alliance Pharma plc (AIM: APH), the speciality pharmaceutical company, announces that on 14 April 2009 it awarded the following options over ordinary shares of the Company to certain Directors.

Name	Position	Number of options awarded	Exercise price per share	Date of vesting	Percentage of issued ordinary share capital
Tony Booley	Sales & Marketing Director	110,000	7.75p	14 April 2012	0.07%
Richard Wright	Finance Director	113,000	7.75p	14 April 2012	0.07%

For further information: 

Alliance Pharma plc	+ 44 (0) 1249 466966
John Dawson, Chief Executive
Richard Wright, Finance Director
www.alliancepharma.co.uk
Buchanan Communications	+ 44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Mark Court / Rebecca Skye Dietrich / Stasa Filiplic
Numis Securities	+ 44 (0) 20 7260 1000
Nominated Adviser: Michael Meade / Brent Nabbs
Corporate Broking: David Poutney

Notes to editors

About Alliance Pharma

Alliance Pharma, founded in 1998, is an AIM listed speciality pharmaceutical company based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK. The company has a strong track record of acquiring the rights to established niche brands and owns, or licences, the rights to 35 branded pharmaceutical products and continues to explore opportunities to expand the range.

Alliance Pharma's products are prescribed in the treatment of a wide range of conditions and include brands used in the treatment of dermatological conditions, in childbirth, in the prevention of heart disease, in Parkinson's disease, in nutrition and in nasal infections. Alliance Pharma's sales are mainly prescription driven. Its products are distributed to hospitals directly and to pharmaceutical wholesalers which service both hospital and retail pharmacies with their prescription requirements.

Alliance Pharma joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2003 and trades under the symbol APH.

 

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