Publication of Prospectus

RNS Number : 0493C

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

25 April 2012

 

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS AND INVESTORS SHOULD NOT SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION AND RIGHTS ISSUE. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE.

25 April 2012

Dechra^® Pharmaceuticals PLC

("Dechra" or the "Company")

Proposed Acquisition of Eurovet Animal Health B.V. and 3 for 10 Rights Issue

Publication of Prospectus

Further to the announcement made by the Company on 5 April 2012, the Board of Dechra is pleased to announce that, in relation to the Rights Issue to raise net proceeds of approximately £58.2 million and the proposed Acquisition of Eurovet Animal Health B.V., a combined Prospectus and Circular ("Document") relating to the Rights Issue and the Acquisition has been approved by the UK Listing Authority.

A copy of the Document will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM. In addition, the Document will be available to view on the Company's website (www.dechra.com) and available for inspection at the offices of DLA Piper LLP, 3 Noble Street, London EC2V 7EE.

Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange for the 20,040,653 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange, respectively. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings on the London Stock Exchange in the New Ordinary Shares (nil paid) will commence at 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 30 April 2012.

TIMETABLE 

The key dates for the Rights Issue and the Acquisition are set out below.

Announcement of the Acquisition and Rights Issue	5 April 2012
Rights Issue Record Date	Close of business on 23 April 2012
Publication of the combined Prospectus and Circular, incorporating Notice of General Meeting	25 April 2012
Dispatch of the combined Prospectus and Circular, Provisional Allotment Letters, the Notice of General Meeting and Form of Proxy	27 April 2012
Admission and commencement of dealings in Nil Paid Rights	8.00 a.m. on 30 April 2012
Existing Ordinary Shares marked "ex-rights" by the London Stock Exchange	8.00 a.m. on 30 April 2012
Time and date of General Meeting	9.00 a.m. on 14 May 2012
Latest time and date for acceptance, payment in full and registration of renunciation of Provisional Allotment Letters	11.00 a.m. on 15 May 2012
Dealings in New Ordinary Shares, fully paid, commence on the London Stock Exchange	By 8.00 a.m. on 16 May 2012
Expected completion of the Acquisition	23 May 2012

Enquiries:

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

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Ticker: Sector: Full Listing (Pharmaceuticals): DPH

[phone]

Ian Page, Chief Executive

Simon Evans, Group Finance Director

Investec Bank plc                                                                                  [phone]

Chris Treneman

James Rudd

Daniel Adams

James Ireland

TooleyStreet Communications                                                               [phone]

Fiona Tooley

Trademarks appear throughout this release in italics.  Dechra and the Dechra 'D' logo are registered Trademarks of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC. 

Other definitions used in this announcement have the same meaning given in the announcement released by the Company on the 5 April 2012, a copy of which is on the Company's website (www.dechra.com).

This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland, South Africa, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands or any other jurisdiction into which the publication or distribution would be unlawful. These materials do not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire securities in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland, South Africa, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Republic of Ireland or the Netherlands or any other jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

This announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility of, Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC. No representation or warranty express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Investec Bank plc ("Investec") or by any of their affiliates or agents as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any responsibility or liability therefore is expressly disclaimed.

Investec, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Dechra in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and the proposed Acquisition and Rights Issue. Investec is not, and will not be, responsible to anyone other than Dechra for providing the protections afforded to their clients or for providing advice in relation to the proposed Acquisition and Rights Issue or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on it by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Investec accepts no responsibility whatsoever and makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, for the contents of this announcement, or for any other statement made or purported to be made by it, or on its behalf, in connection with the Company, the proposed Acquisition or the Rights Issue, and nothing in this announcement is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise or representation in this respect, whether as to the past or the future. Investec accordingly disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law all and any responsibility and liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) which it might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or any such statement.

The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares, the Provisional Allotment Letters and the Existing Ordinary Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, ("Securities Act") and may not be offered, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly, within the United States unless such securities are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. There will be no public offer of any securities of the Company in the United States.

This announcement has been prepared in accordance with English law, the Listing Rules, the Prospectus Rules and the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules and information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside England.

The distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of relevant jurisdictions. Therefore any persons who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom will need to inform themselves about, and observe any applicable requirements.

This announcement is for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to buy, sell, issue or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell, issue, or subscribe for, any securities in Dechra or any other entity. Any such offer will be made solely by means of a combined prospectus and circular to be published in due course and any supplement or amendment thereto and any acquisition of securities in Dechra should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in such combined prospectus and circular.

Neither the content of the Company's website (or any other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

This announcement contains (or may contain) certain forward-looking statements with respect to certain of Dechra's current expectations and projections about future events. These statements, which sometimes use words such as "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "expect", "will", "shall", "may", "aim", "predict", "should", "continue" and words of similar meaning and/or other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and/or future trends, reflect the Directors' beliefs and expectations at the date of this announcement and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statement.

Statements contained in this announcement regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. The information contained in this announcement is subject to change without notice and, except as required by applicable law, neither Dechra nor Investec assumes any responsibility or obligation to update publicly or review any of the forward-looking statements contained herein. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this announcement.

No statement in this announcement is or is intended to be a profit forecast or to imply that the earnings of Dechra for the current or future financial years will necessarily match or exceed the historical or published earnings of Dechra. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire, nor shall there be any sale of, the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares, the Provisional Allotment Letters and the Existing Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares, the Provisional Allotment Letters and the Existing Ordinary Shares have not been, and will not be, registered with any regulatory authority of any state within the United States. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited and, if sent in response to the information herein, will not be accepted.

 

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