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23 December 2019
BEXIMCO PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
Annual General Meeting Statement
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited ("Beximco Pharma", "BPL" or "the Company"; AIM Symbol: BXP, LEI No.: 213800IMBBD6TIOQGB56), the fast-growing manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients, announces that all resolutions put before shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 21 December 2019 were duly passed.
The resolutions passed at the AGM included the approval of a 15% cash dividend for the year ended on 30 June 2019. The cash dividend being 15% of the nominal value per ordinary share of Tk.10 (Tk. 1.5 per ordinary share/per global depository receipt ("GDR") held in respect of GDR holders) will be paid to holders of ordinary shares/GDRs (who were on the register of shareholders'/GDR holders' as on the date of record, i.e. 25 November 2019) on 19 January 2020. The cash dividend will be paid after deduction of taxes as per Bangladesh Tax law.
The Annual Report for 2018-19 is available from the Company's website, which includes the audited accounts and a review of operations for the year ended on 30 June 2019.
For further information please visit www.beximcopharma.com or enquire to:
Beximco Pharma
Nazmul Hassan MP, Managing Director
Tel: +880 2 58611001, Ext.20080
Mohammad Asad Ullah, FCS, Executive Director & Company Secretary
Tel: +880 2 58611891, +880 2 58612040, Ext. 10140
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)
Mark Brady / Andrew Emmott
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3368 3551 / 3555
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Broker)
Vadim Alexandre / Abigail Wayne
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3470 0470
FTI Consulting
Simon Conway / Victoria Foster Mitchell
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Notes to Editors
About Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited
Beximco Pharma is a leading manufacturer and exporter of medicines based in Bangladesh. Since its inception in 1976, the Company remains committed to health and wellbeing of people across all the continents by providing access to contemporary medicines. Company's broad portfolio of generics encompasses diverse delivery systems such as tablets, capsules, liquids, semi-solids, intravenous fluids, metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, sterile ophthalmic drops, insulins, prefilled syringes, injectable, nebulizer solutions, oral soluble films etc. The Company also undertakes contract manufacturing for multinational and leading global generic pharmaceutical companies.
Beximco Pharma′s state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities are certified by global regulatory authorities of USA, Europe, Australia, Canada, GCC and Latin America, among others and it has a geographic footprint in more than 50 countries. More than 4,500 employees are driving the company towards achieving its aspiration to be among the most admired companies in the world.