EANS-Adhoc: SYGNIS Pharma AG SYGNIS Announces Proposed Combination of Business
with GENETRIX' subsidiary X-Pol
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18.07.2012
Ad hoc-Release according to § 15 WpHG
SYGNIS Announces Proposed Combination of Business with GENETRIX' subsidiary
X-Pol
Heidelberg, July18,2012 - SYGNIS Pharma AG (Frankfurt: LIOK; ISIN DE000A1E9B74;
Prime Standard) and GENETRIX Life Sciences, A.B., announced today, that the
biotechnology companies have signed a Term Sheet under which the companies
propose to combine GENETRIX Life Sciences, A.B.'s DNA sequencing subsidiary
X-Pol Biotech, S.L., (Madrid, Spain) and SYGNIS Pharma AG. Goal is to develop
and market X-Pol Biotech, S.L.'s DNA sequencing technologies and products.
SYGNIS Pharma AG will acquire 100% ownership of X-Pol Biotech, S.L., by way of
capital increase against contribution in kind and therefore X-Pol Biotech, S.L.,
will become a 100% subsidiary of SYGNIS Pharma AG. According to the business
valuation as of today and subject to a corresponding resolution of the
shareholders of SYGNIS Pharma AG, the existing shareholders of X-Pol Biotech,
S.L., will hold 77.5% of all shares in SYGNIS Pharma AG after the proposed
transaction. The executive and supervisory boards of both companies have voted
unanimously for the proposed key terms of the transaction. The transaction is
subject to an exemption granted by BaFin from the obligations pursuant to
Section 35 of the German Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz),
in particular to submit a mandatory tender offer to the existing shareholders of
SYGNIS Pharma AG in connection with the capital increase of SYGNIS Pharma AG. It
is also dependent on the approval of SYGNIS Pharma AG's shareholders at the next
shareholders' meeting.
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For further information please contact:
SYGNIS Pharma AG
Peter Willinger
Tel: +49 6221 454 836
Email: {peter.willinger@sygnis.de}
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light of new information or future results or for any other reason.
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Further inquiry note:
Michael Wolf
Telefon: +49 (6221) 454 - 6
E-Mail: Michael.Wolf@sygnis.de
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D-69120 Heidelberg
phone: +49 (0)6221 454-6
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