HIKMA Pharmaceuticals PLC — Remuneration Information 2014

May 29, 2014

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Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc

29 May 2014

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC - LTIP Awards

LONDON, 29 May 2014: Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LSE: HIK) (NasdaqDubai: HIK) announces that, further to the approval of the Ordinary Shareholders of Hikma obtained at the Company's Annual General Meeting to make awards to the executive directors on 15 May 2014, the Remuneration Committee has made the following conditional awards under the Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company.

Awards under the LTIP were made on 29 May 2014 at a price of 1,683 pence per Ordinary Share as follows:

Name of PDMR Said Darwazah	Number of LTIP Shares 57,000
Mazen Darwazah	38,000

The shares subject to the LTIP awards will only be released to the participants in three years time, subject to their continued employment and the satisfaction of the performance targets:

·      comparative Total Shareholder Return ("TSR")

·      Sales Growth

·      earnings per share ("EPS") growth

·      return on invested capital ("ROIC")

Half of the award is subject to TSR against the Comparator Group and requires at least upper quartile performance to vest in full. The remaining half is split equally between the financial targets and requires sales growth of 13%, EPS growth of 20% and ROIC of 12% to vest in full. Each target is measured individually and is independent of the other targets. Further details on these performance criteria and the LTIP can be found in Hikma's report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 on pages 107 and 109.

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Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC 

Peter Speirs                                                                                                     +44 20 7399 2760

Company Secretary

About Hikma

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC is a fast growing pharmaceutical group focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing a broad range of both branded and non-branded generic and in-licensed products.  Hikma's operations are conducted through three businesses: "Branded", "Injectables" and "Generics" based primarily in the Middle East and North Africa ("MENA") region, where it is a market leader, the United States and Europe.  In 2013, Hikma achieved revenues of $1,365 million and profit attributable to shareholders of $212 million. 

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