LONDON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As previously announced, SkyePharma PLC will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London W1J 7BX at 11 am on 9 March 2006. As explained in detail in the press release and Notice of the EGM issued on 16 February, the Board of SkyePharma strongly recommends that ADR holders should vote AGAINST the resolution seeking to appoint Mr. Robert Thian as a director.
It has been brought to the Company’s attention that where ADRs are held in nominee names (for example, by a stockbroker or a bank) some EGM Notice documents and the accompanying proxy forms may not have been forwarded to the ultimate beneficiary. The Company therefore urges anyone who believes they may be in this situation to contact their nominee company and to instruct the nominee company to vote in accordance with their instructions by no later than 5 pm on Friday 3 March. This is so as to ensure that nominee companies have sufficient time to submit proxies, which must be received by the Company’s Registrar (Capita Registrars) by 11 am on 7 March at the latest.
For further information please contact: SkyePharma PLC +44 207 491 1777 Michael Ashton, Chief Executive Officer Peter Laing, Director of Corporate Communications +44 207 491 5124 Sandra Haughton, US Investor Relations +1 212 753 5780 Buchanan Communications +44 207 466 5000 Tim Anderson / Mark Court About SkyePharma
SkyePharma PLC develops pharmaceutical products benefiting from world- leading drug delivery technologies that provide easier-to-use and more effective drug formulations. There are now eleven approved products incorporating SkyePharma’s technologies in the areas of oral, injectable, inhaled and topical delivery, supported by advanced solubilisation capabilities. For more information, visit http://www.skyepharma.com.
Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking statements and are made in reliance on the safe harbour provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Although SkyePharma believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will materialize. Because the expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may vary significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements based upon a number of factors, which are described in SkyePharma’s 20-F and other documents on file with the SEC. Factors that could cause differences between actual results and those implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this news release include, without limitation, risks related to the development of new products, risks related to obtaining and maintaining regulatory approval for existing, new or expanded indications of existing and new products, risks related to SkyePharma’s ability to manufacture products on a large scale or at all, risks related to SkyePharma’s and its marketing partners’ ability to market products on a large scale to maintain or expand market share in the face of changes in customer requirements, competition and technological change, risks related to regulatory compliance, the risk of product liability claims, risks related to the ownership and use of intellectual property, and risks related to SkyePharma’s ability to manage growth. SkyePharma undertakes no obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
SkyePharma PLC
CONTACT: Michael Ashton, Chief Executive Officer, +44-207-491-1777, orPeter Laing, Director of Corporate Communications, +44-207-491-5124, orSandra Haughton, US Investor Relations, +1-212-753-5780, all of SkyePharmaPLC; or Tim Anderson or Mark Court of Buchanan Communications,+44-207-466-5000
Web site: http://www.skyepharma.com/
