15th Jan 2007 14:03
AIM15 January 2007 ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIM RULE 2 ALL APPLICANTS MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: COMPANY NAME:Vectura Group plc COMPANY ADDRESS:1 Prospect WestChippenhamWiltshire COMPANY POSTCODE:SN14 6FH COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:United Kingdom COMPANY BUSINESS OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITSINVESTMENT STRATEGY TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (J)OF THE AIM RULES: Vectura Group plc is an emerging inhaled drug delivery company and is acquiringInnovata plc, which is also a company focused on the development of drugs forinhaled delivery. Thus the core business of the company will not change due tothe acquisition. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED (i.e. where known, number of shares,nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number andtype to be held as treasury shares): Approx. 314,199,032 Ordinary shares of 0.025p nominal value. CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION: Nil FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS:Jack Cashman (Non-executive Chairman) Chris Blackwell (Chief Executive) Anne Hyland (Finance Director) John Brown (Non-executive Director) Andrew Richards (Non-executive Director) Sue Foden (Proposed Non-executive Director) PERSON(S) INTERESTED IN 3% OR MORE OF THE ISSUER'S CAPITAL, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION: Before the Record Date(12 January 2007):NAME %Morley Fund Management 17.45Uppal, R 8.10UBS Global Asset Mgmt (UK) Ltd 7.94AXA Framlington Investment Mgmt Ltd 6.37Aberforth Partners LLP 5.92AQR Capital Management, LLC 4.13Chadwick, T 3.67Cazenove Capital Management Ltd 3.62INVESCO Asset Management Ltd 3.28MPC Investors Ltd 3.12 After the Record DateNAME %Morley Fund Management 9.26INVESCO Asset Mgmt Ltd 5.42BlueCrest Capital Mgmt Ltd 5.35INVESCO Asset Mgmt Deutschland GmbH 5.16AXA Framlington Investment Mgmt Ltd 3.72Uppal, R 3.71UBS Global Asset Mgmt (UK) Ltd 3.63 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: None ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE: 31st December EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: 18 Janaury 2007 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:Piper Jaffrray Ltd.One South PlaceLondonEC2M 2RB NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:Piper Jaffrray Ltd.One South PlaceLondonEC2M 2RB DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BEAVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THEAPPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: Copies of the admission document are available free of charge at the registeredoffice of the Company and the offices of Piper Jaffray Ltd during normalbusiness hours on any weekday (Saturdays and public holidays excepted) until thedate falling one month after the date of admission. DATE OF NOTIFICATION: 15 January 2007 NEW/ UPDATE (see note): NEW This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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