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RNS Number : 7060A
Cathay International Holdings Ld
03 April 2012
Cathay International Holdings Limited
("Cathay" or the "Company")
Grant of Share Options
Hong Kong, 3 April 2012 - Cathay International Holdings Ltd. (LSE: CTI.L), an investment holding company and a leading investor in thegrowing healthcare sector in the People's Republic of China, today announces that on 3 April 2012, the Company granted 4,310,000 options under a share option plan (the "Share Option Plan") approved by shareholders of the Company on 3 June 2010. The 4,310,000 options granted to the Group's management and employees represent approximately
22.6% of the options currently available under the Share Option Plan. Of the 4,310,000 options granted, the share options granted to directors and senior executives of the Group are as follows:

Name

Position

Number of share options granted

Mr. Lee Jin-Yi

Chief Executive

Officer

2,300,000

Mr. Eric Siu Ka Chi

Finance Director

200,000

Mr. Patrick Sung

Director and Controller

250,000

Ms. Rebecca Yip Pui

Ling

Company Secretary

80,000

The exercise price of the options of 29.88 pence per share is the average closing mid-market price of the Company shares for the 30 trading days immediately prior to the date of grant. The options have a three years vesting period and are exercisable on or before the fifth anniversary of the date of the grant, subject to certain exercise conditions aligned to the Group's results and performance.
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Cathay International Holdings Limited
Eric Siu (Finance Director)
Patrick Sung (Director and Controller)
Tel: +852 2828 9289
M:Communications
Mary-Jane Elliott / Amber Bielecka / Claire
Dickinson
Tel: +44 (0)20 7920 2330
About Cathay
Cathay International Holdings Limited (CTI.L), focused on the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), is an investment holding company and a leading investor in the growing healthcare sector in China. The Group employs more than 2,000 people across the PRC, including over 30 specialist corporate and business development staff based at the holding company's headquarters in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
Cathay aims to identify investment opportunities with emphasis on high growth healthcare markets and build them into market sector leaders, with a clear exit strategy. Cathay has demonstrated a strong track record of identifying high-growth potential investment opportunities in this area including: Lansen Group, a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rheumatology and Haotian Group, a company engaged in the manufacture, marketing and sale of key active ingredients for healthcare products, including inositol. To complement its healthcare portfolio, Cathay has an R&D business focused on bringing new products to the growing Chinese market.
Cathay also has a private equity investment arm focused on minority investment opportunities and a hotel investment.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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