EX-99.1 2 a50273132ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

10 May, 2012

ICON plc
Purchase of Own Securities

Further to the announcement on 22 November, 2011 of a share repurchase programme, ICON plc (“the Company”) announces that on 9 May, 2012 it purchased for cancellation 30,000 Ordinary Shares, at an average price of $21.9887.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 60,110,935 Ordinary Shares in issue.