Warner Chilcott Announces Shareholder Approval of Irish Redomestication
2009年8月6日 - 5:30AM
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ARDEE, Ireland, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Chilcott
Limited (NASDAQ:WCRX) announced today that at a special
court-ordered meeting of shareholders held earlier today (the
"Special Meeting"), its shareholders approved a scheme of
arrangement between the Company and its shareholders. Assuming
receipt of the required approval of the Supreme Court of Bermuda at
a hearing to be held on August 14, 2009, and the satisfaction of
certain other conditions, the transaction will result in Warner
Chilcott plc, a newly formed public limited company organized in,
and a tax resident of, Ireland, becoming the ultimate public
holding company of the Warner Chilcott group. The Company expects
that the transaction will be completed on or about August 20, 2009.
Following completion of the transaction, shares of the Irish
company, Warner Chilcott plc, will begin trading on the NASDAQ
Global Market under the symbol "WCRX," the same symbol under which
the Company's shares currently trade. Warner Chilcott also
announced that at the Special Meeting its shareholders approved the
creation of distributable reserves of Warner Chilcott plc, subject
to the approval of the High Court of Ireland following the
completion of the transaction. The Company Warner Chilcott is a
leading specialty pharmaceutical company currently focused on the
women's healthcare and dermatology segments of the U.S.
pharmaceuticals market. It is a fully integrated company with
internal resources dedicated to the development, manufacturing and
promotion of its products. WCRX-G Forward Looking Statements This
press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements concerning our operations, our economic performance and
financial condition, and our business plans and growth strategy and
product development efforts. These statements constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. The words "may," "might," "will," "should,"
"estimate," "project," "plan," "anticipate," "expect," "intend,"
"outlook," "believe" and other similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of their dates. These forward-looking statements are
based on estimates and assumptions by our management that, although
we believe to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain and subject
to a number of risks and uncertainties. The following represent
some, but not necessarily all, of the factors that could cause
actual results to differ from historical results or those
anticipated or predicted by our forward-looking statements: our
substantial indebtedness; competitive factors in the industry in
which we operate (including the approval and introduction of
generic or branded products that compete with our products); our
ability to protect our intellectual property; a delay in qualifying
our manufacturing facility to produce our products or production or
regulatory problems with either third party manufacturers upon whom
we may rely for some of our products or our own manufacturing
facilities; pricing pressures from reimbursement policies of
private managed care organizations and other third party payors,
government sponsored health systems, the continued consolidation of
the distribution network through which we sell our products,
including wholesale drug distributors and the growth of large
retail drug store chains; the loss of key senior management or
scientific staff; adverse outcomes in our outstanding litigation or
an increase in the number of litigation matters to which we are
subject; government regulation affecting the development,
manufacture, marketing and sale of pharmaceutical products,
including our ability and the ability of companies with whom we do
business to obtain necessary regulatory approvals; our ability to
manage the growth of our business by successfully identifying,
developing, acquiring or licensing new products at favorable prices
and marketing such new products; our ability to obtain regulatory
approval and customer acceptance of new products, and continued
customer acceptance of our existing products; changes in tax laws
or interpretations that could increase our consolidated tax
liabilities; the other risks identified in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as amended; and
other risks detailed from time-to-time in our public filings,
financial statements and other investor communications. We caution
you that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive.
In addition, in light of these risks and uncertainties, the matters
referred to in our forward-looking statements may not occur. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. DATASOURCE:
Warner Chilcott Limited CONTACT: Rochelle Fuhrmann, Investor
Relations, +1-973-442-3281,
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