SHAREHOLDERS OCTOPLUS APPOINT TWO NEW SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
This is a press release by OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus"or the "Company") pursuant
to the provisions of Article 5:25i of the Dutch Act on the Financial Supervision
(Wet op het financieel toezicht) and Article 4, paragraph 3 of the Dutch Public
Takeover Decree (Besluit openbare biedingen Wft), in connection with the
recommended public offer (the "Offer") by Reddy Netherlands B.V. (the
"Offeror"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. ("Dr.
Reddy's") for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares (the "Shares") in
the capital of OctoPlus.
SHAREHOLDERS OCTOPLUS APPOINT TWO NEW SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus")(Euronext: OCTO), announces today that its
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders has appointed Mr. Prasad and Mr.
Ananthanarayanan to the Supervisory Board. The appointment is subject to the
condition precedent that the Offer is declared unconditional and is settled.
The new members of the Supervisory Board have been appointed for a period of
four years and join current member Staf Van Reet to form a Supervisory Board of
three members. Mr. Prasad has been appointed as chairman of the Supervisory
Board.
The shareholders also approved the other agenda item of today's meeting. Minutes
of the meeting will be available within three months on OctoPlus' website
www.octoplus.nl.
For further information, please contact:
Investor relations: telephone number +31 (71) 524 1071, or send an e-mail to
Investor Relations at IR@octoplus.nl.
About OctoPlus
OctoPlus is a leading European provider of advanced drug formulation and
clinical scale manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industries, with a focus on difficult to formulate active pharmaceutical
ingredients. OctoPlus is listed on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext under the
symbol OCTO. For more information about OctoPlus, please visit our website
www.octoplus.nl.
In addition, OctoPlus is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the
development and manufacture of improved injectable pharmaceuticals based on our
proprietary drug delivery technologies that exhibit fewer side effects, improved
patient convenience and a better efficacy/safety balance than existing
therapies. OctoPlus also focuses on the development of long-acting, controlled
release versions of known protein therapeutics, peptides and small molecules,
including specialty generics.
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