Zealand announces amendments to its Articles of Association following the granting of warrants


Company announcement - No. 17/2018

Zealand announces amendments to its Articles of Association following the granting of warrants

Copenhagen, May 31, 2018 - Zealand Pharma ("Zealand") announces that its Articles of Association have been amended to reflect the recent grant of warrants to the Company's Executive Management and employees, as announced in Company Announcement no. 15/2018 on May 22, 2018.
The warrant program is an incentive scheme reflecting Zealand's objective to attract and retain first-rate employees and help ensure shared short- and long-term interests for the management, employees and shareholders of the Company.

The amendments to Zealand's Articles of Association entailed by the share capital increase have been registered today with the Danish Business Authority.

For further information, please contact:

Britt Meelby Jensen, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: +45 51 67 61 28, e-mail: bmj@zealandpharma.com

Mats Blom, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Tel.: +45 31 53 79 73, e-mail: mabl@zealandpharma.com

About Zealand Pharma A/S
Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen and New York: ZEAL) ("Zealand") is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, design and development of innovative peptide-based medicines. Zealand has a late-stage clinical portfolio of proprietary product candidates focusing on specialty gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. In addition, it has two marketed products, commercialized by Sanofi, and two product candidates under license collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Zealand is based in Copenhagen (Glostrup), Denmark. For further information about the Company's business and activities, please visit www.zealandpharma.com or follow Zealand on LinkedIn or Twitter @ZealandPharma.


Attachments

17-18_0531  Amended Articles of Association