Released: 19/02/2010
Antisoma plc Company Executive Incentive Plan grant 19 February 2010, London, UK, and Cambridge, MA: Antisoma plc(LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) notifies the market that pursuant to the Antisoma plc Executive Incentive Plan, Antisoma plc has granted Performance Share awards over ordinary 1p shares to Directors as follows: Director Number of Performance Shares Glyn Edwards 620,026 Ursula Ney 455,364 Eric Dodd 325,260 Other employees have also been granted Performance Share awards over a total of 1,494,024 shares. The above Performance Share grant reflects the Company's practice of making biannual awards to qualifying employees following release of the interim and preliminary financial results. The above Directors and certain employees have agreed to pay the employer's National Insurance arising on the exercise of their own options. The Performance Share awards, which are subject to fulfilment of certain performance and other conditions, have a date of grant of 18 February 2010 and will normally be exercisable for five years, commencing on 18 February 2013 at 1p each. Mr Edwards, Dr Ney and Mr Dodd, as Directors, notified Antisoma plc of their respective interests in these shares on 18 February 2010. Enquiries: Daniel Elger, VP Marketing & Communications Antisoma plc +44 (0)20 3249 2100 HUG#1386535