26 Nov 2019 07:00
PRESS RELEASE 26 November 2019
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Larger institutional shareholders support Recipharm's cash offer for Consort Medical and subsequent rights issue
Certain of Recipharm's larger institutional shareholders, Första AP-fonden, Lannebo Fonder and Fjärde AP-fonden (holding 7.4%, 7.1% and 5.1% of the total number of shares in Recipharm, respectively, and together 19.6%), support the cash offer for Consort Medical and have undertaken to fully support and vote in favour of a rights issue at a forthcoming general meeting of Recipharm and have also undertaken to subscribe for an amount corresponding to at least their respective pro rata share in a rights issue of SEK 2,000 million.
As previously announced, Recipharm's largest shareholders, Thomas Eldered and Lars Backsell (who together hold 27.1% of the total number of shares in Recipharm), have already undertaken to vote in favour of the rights issue at the forthcoming general meeting of Recipharm and have also undertaken to subscribe for an amount corresponding to their respective pro rata share in a rights issue of SEK 2,000 million.
Thus, current shareholders in Recipharm, together holding 46.6% of the total number of shares and 82.3% of the votes in Recipharm, have undertaken to vote in favour of a rights issue at a forthcoming general meeting of Recipharm and have also undertaken to subscribe for their respective pro rata share in the rights issue.
For more information please visit www.recipharm.com or contact:
Thomas Eldered, CEO, telephone: +46 8 602 52 10
Tobias Hägglöv, CFO, telephone: +46 8 602 45 00
This information is information that Recipharm AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above at 07:45 CET on 26 November, 2019.
About Recipharm
Recipharm is a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) in the pharmaceutical industry employing almost 7,000 employees. Recipharm offers manufacturing services of pharmaceuticals in various dosage forms, production of clinical trial material and APIs, and pharmaceutical product development. Recipharm manufactures several hundred different products to customers ranging from big pharma to smaller research and development companies. Recipharm's turnover is approximately SEK 7.2 billion. The company operates development and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The Recipharm B-share (RECI B) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
For more information on Recipharm and our services, please visit www.recipharm.com
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