Denka Seiken: Announcement of Acquisition of Shares (Ownership) in ICON Genetics GmbH, a German Bio-pharmaceutical R&D Company
Company Name: DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Name of Representative: Shinsuke Yoshitaka, President and CEO (Code 4061: TSE 1st Section)
Contact: Noriyuki Shimizu, CSR & Corporate Communications Dept. (Tel: 03-5290-5511 E-Mail: csr-koho@denka.co.jp)
Announcement of Acquisition of Shares (Ownership) in Icon Genetics GmbH, a German Bio-pharmaceutical R&D Company DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Headquartered at: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Shinsuke Yoshitaka, President & CEO, hereinafter „Denka“) is pleased to announce that, it has agreed and entered into a share transfer agreement on August 6, 2015 with Nomad Bioscience GmbH (Headquartered at: Munich, Germany; Prof. Dr. Yuri Gleba, CEO, hereinafter „Nomad“) regarding its acquisition (the „Acquisition“) in two phases of all of the shares of Icon Genetics GmbH (Headquartered at: Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; Prof. Dr. Yuri Gleba, CEO, hereinafter „Icon“), a German Bio-pharmaceutical R&D Company. Nomad is the parent company of Icon.