Notice of posting of prospectus

RNS Number : 1236H

Oxford Biomedica PLC

06 July 2012

 



NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

THE CONTENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF AN OFFER OF OR INVITATION TO SELL OR ISSUE OR ANY SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION NOR SHALL THEY (OR ANY PART OF THEM) OR THE FACT OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED UPON IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ACT AS AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO, ANY CONTRACT OR COMMITMENT TO DO SO.  THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AND NOT A PROSPECTUS FOR THE PURPOSES OF EU DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (THE "DIRECTIVE") AND PART VI OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 AS AMENDED.  A PROSPECTUS WILL BE PREPARED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIVE.  RECIPIENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WHO INTEND TO PURCHASE SUCH SECURITIES ARE REMINDED THAT ANY SUCH PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIPTION MUST BE MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS IN ITS FINAL FORM.

THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES, UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.  NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES DISCUSSED HEREIN IS BEING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE COMPANY DOES NOT CURRENTLY INTEND TO REGISTER ANY SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES.

06 July 2012

Oxford BioMedica plc ("Oxford BioMedica" or the "Company")

Notice of posting of prospectus

Further to the announcement of 29 June 2012 of the Company's proposed Firm Placing and Open Offer of up to £16 million, Oxford BioMedica announces that a Prospectus in connection with the Firm Placing and Open Offer was approved by the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA") earlier today.

The Prospectus is expected to be posted to shareholders today and copies of the Prospectus will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.com.

The Prospectus contains a notice of general meeting to, inter alia, approve the Firm Placing and Open Offer which will be held at the offices of Covington & Burling LLP at 265 Strand, London, WC2R 1BH.

The Prospectus will shortly be available to view on the Company's website at www.oxfordbiomedica.co.uk in the "Investors" section.  Copies of the Prospectus will also be available for inspection at the Company's offices at Oxford BioMedica plc, Medawar Centre, Robert Robinson Avenue, The Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4GA during usual business hours on any weekday (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays excepted).

Expected Timetable of Principal Events

Record Date for entitlements under the Open Offer	Close of business on 28 June 2012
Announcement of Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer	29 June 2012
Ex-entitlement date	8.00 a.m. on 29 June 2012
Despatch of Prospectus, Application Forms and Forms of Proxy	6 July 2012
Open Offer Entitlements credited to stock accounts in CREST of Qualifying CREST Shareholders	as soon as possible after 8.00 a.m. on 7 July 2012
Latest recommended date for requested withdrawal of Open Offer Entitlements from CREST	4.30 p.m. on 17 July 2012
Latest recommended date for depositing Open Offer Entitlements into CREST	3.00 p.m. on 18 July 2012
Latest time and date for splitting Application Forms (to satisfy bona fide market claims)	3.00 p.m. on 19 July 2012
Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy	9.30 a.m. on 23 July 2012
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer or settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as appropriate)	11.00 a.m. on 23 July 2012
Results of the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer announced through an RIS	25 July 2012
General Meeting	9.30 a.m. on 25 July 2012
Admission and commencement of dealings in the New Ordinary Shares expected to commence	8.00 a.m. on 26 July 2012
CREST stock accounts expected to be credited for the New Ordinary Shares	as soon as possible after 8.00 a.m. on 26 July 2012
Share certificates for New Ordinary Shares expected to be despatched	within 7 days of admission

For further information please contact:

Oxford BioMedica plc	Tel: [phone]
John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer Tim Watts, Chief Financial Officer Lara Mott, Head of Corporate Communications
Singer Capital Markets Limited	Tel: [phone]
(Financial Adviser, Sponsor, Broker and Underwriter) Shaun Dobson
Claes Spång Jenny Wyllie
WG Partners (Adviser and Placing Agent) David Wilson Jonathan Gosling	Tel: [phone]
Media Enquiries: Mary Clark Sarah Macleod Claire Dickinson M:Communications	Tel: [phone]

 

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