Investor and Analyst Site visit

Investor and Analyst Site visit

9 September 2013: United Drug plc ("Group" or "the Company"), a leading international provider of healthcare services, is today hosting an institutional investor and analyst site visit to two of the Company's facilities in the East Midlands.

Attendees will visit the Ashfield head office of the Sales, Marketing and Medical division at Ashby-de-la-Zouch and United Drug's pre-wholesaling Joint Venture with Alliance Boots, UniDrug in South Normanton.

United Drug issued an IMS on Wednesday 7 August 2013 for the period from 1 April to 7 August 2013 and no new material financial or trading information will be disclosed today.

Slides from the presentations will be available on the investor relations section of United Drug's website http://www.united-drug.com/investor-Centre/ by the close of business today.

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About United Drug plc:

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, United Drug is a leading international provider of services to healthcare manufacturers and pharmaceutical retailers, with operations in over 20 countries including the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The Company operates across three divisions, Sales, Marketing & Medical, Healthcare Supply Chain and Packaging & Specialty.

In the Sales, Marketing & Medical division United Drug is a global leader in the provision of contract sales outsourcing services to pharmaceutical manufacturers with operations in major markets including Continental Europe, the UK, North America and a presence in South America and Asia. The Group also provides related marketing services to pharmaceutical manufacturers in many of these markets.

In Healthcare Supply Chain, United Drug is the largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in the island of Ireland. It is also the market leader in contract distribution outsourcing (pre-wholesaling) in Ireland and has achieved the No. 1 position in the UK through its joint venture business UniDrug Distribution Group. The Company provides specials medicines manufacturing and distribution services in the UK. Through its medical & scientific operations, the Group provides sales & marketing and technical service solutions, including contract distribution services to a wide range of medical & scientific equipment & consumable manufacturers, with a market leading position in Ireland and the UK.

In the Packaging & Specialty division United Drug is a leading international provider of pharmaceutical contract packaging and clinical trials materials services with facilities in the US, UK, Dutch and Belgian markets. The Company also provides speciality distribution and homecare services in the UK and Ireland.

For more information go to: www.united-drug.com.