Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7150F

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc

13 October 2008

 



13 October 2008

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (the 'Company')

Director Shareholding

Notification of Option Exercise

LONDON, 13 October 2008 - Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC ('Hikma') (LSE: HIK) (DIFX: HIK), the multinational pharmaceuticals group, announces that on 13 October 2008 the following Director exercised his option to purchase the number of ordinary shares of 10 pence each set out in the table below in the capital of the Company. These options were granted on the date shown below pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Option Plan:

Name	Date of Grant	Number of Shares Exercised
Samih Darwazah	12 October 2004	320,000

As a result of the above transactions the Director listed below now has the following holdings in the ordinary share capital of the Company:

Name	Ordinary Shares in the Company	Percentage of Share capital
Samih Darwazah	2,195,450	1.16%

The issued share capital of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC is now 189,142,807 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.

Date of Notification: 13 October 2008

Henry Knowles

Company Secretary

020 7399 2760

 

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