Total Voting Rights

UNITED DRUG PLC

('United Drug' or 'the Company') 

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

In conformity with Regulation 20 of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007, United Drug plc announces that:

The total number of Ordinary Shares of €0.05 each in issue as at 28 February 2010 was 239,018,127. Each Ordinary Share carries one vote. United Drug also holds 7,528,066 Ordinary Shares in treasury, which do not carry voting rights. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in United Drug is 239,018,127.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as a denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, United Drug under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007.

Contact:

Karen Geoghegan

Tel: +353-1-4637720

 1 March 2010