Business
Circular and notice of general meeting
Circular and notice of general meeting.
About this update from Astrazeneca Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 1749V\n AstraZeneca PLC\n 12 April 2021\n \n \n \n \n NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. \n \n \n \n \n \n THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND NOT A CIRCULAR OR PROSPECTUS OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE UK PROSPECTUS REGULATION RULES OR THE UK AND EU PROSPECTUS REGULATIONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, ANY OFFER, INVITATION OR RECOMMENDATION TO PURCHASE, SELL OR SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION AND NEITHER THE ISSUE OF THE INFORMATION NOR ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL FORM THE BASIS OF OR BE RELIED UPON IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ACT AS AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO, ANY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY. INVESTORS AND PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD NOT MAKE ANY INVESTMENT DECISION ON THE BASIS OF ITS CONTENTS. A CIRCULAR IN RELATION TO THE TRANSACTION REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED TODAY.\n \n \n \n \n 12 April 2021 13:00 BST\n \n \n \n \n \n Publication of Circular and notice of AstraZeneca\n \n \n \n General Meeting regarding the acquisition of Alexion\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Further to AstraZeneca's \n announcement\n that it and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexion) had reached an agreement for the acquisition of the entire common stock of Alexion (the Transaction), AstraZeneca announces the publication of a shareholder circular relating to the Transaction (the Circular). This has been approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).\n \n \n \n \n \n Under UK Listing Rules, the Transaction constitutes a Class 1 transaction and is therefore conditional on, among other things, the approval by AstraZeneca shareholders by a simple majority of votes cast. The Circular contains further details on the Transaction and a notice convening a general meeting of AstraZeneca to be held at Academy House, 136 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PA, United Kingdom, at 11.30 BST on 11 May 2021 (the General Meeting) to consider and approve the Transaction. In line with UK Government restrictions relating to public gatherings as of the date of the Circular, the General Meeting will be a closed meeting, and it will not...