Issue of Options

 
TIDMARTO 
 
Arteon PLC / Index: AIM / Epic: ARTO 
 
                    Arteon PLC (`Arteon' or the `Company') 
 
                               Issue of options 
 
30 October 2009 
 
Arteon PLC, the AIM traded real estate investment and services company, 
announces that, on 29 October 2009, it granted options over 17,000 ordinary 
shares (representing approximately 1.9 per cent. of the current issued share 
capital of the Company) to David Macfarlane, a non-executive director of the 
Company, as set out in the table below:- 
 
Director           Number   Exercise Exercise period*   Number of  Percentage 
                       of      price                     Ordinary of Ordinary 
                  options                                  Shares Shares held 
                  granted    (pence)                         held 
                                       From      To 
 
David Macfarlane   17,000  15.21956* 30/10/10 29/10/19         40         Nil 
 
*The exercise price represents the price at which the Company placed 788,459 
Ordinary shares in July 2009. Mr Macfarlane has agreed not to dispose of the 
shares issued to him pursuant to this grant of options for a period of one year 
from the date of exercise of the options. No performance conditions are 
attached to the options. 
 
Following the above grant, the total number of options outstanding over the 
Company's share capital is 19,294 (representing approximately 2.2 per cent. of 
the current issued share capital of the Company). 
 
The issued share capital of the Company comprises 877,040 Ordinary Shares of 5p 
each. 
 
Patrick Aisher, a Director of Arteon, stated: 
 
"David has worked above and beyond the scope of his engagement and his professional 
skills have saved the Company significant outlays, not least during the negotiation 
of the recent licence agreement. We are pleased to be able to reward David in a manner 
which aligns his interest directly with the independent shareholders on whose behalf 
he has worked so tirelessly and look forward to working with him during the 
exciting months ahead." 
 
                                  ** ENDS ** 
 
For further information visit www.arteonplc.com or contact: 
 
Peter Hagerty             Arteon PLC                   Tel: [phone] 
David Macfarlane          Arteon PLC                   Tel: [phone] 
Aaron Smyth               Astaire Securities PLC       Tel: [phone] 
Isabel Crossley           St Brides Media & Finance    Tel: [phone] 
Paul Youens               St Brides Media & Finance    Tel: [phone]