British Biotech plc Results of Annual General Meeting and Change of Name.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2003 British Biotech British Biotech was a British based biotech company. British Biotechnology Limited was founded in 1986 by former G D Searle managers Keith McCullagh and Brian Richards, [1] plc announces that all the resolutions tabled at the Annual General Meeting held today, October 1, 2003, including the resolution to change the name of the Company to Vernalis plc, were passed. The resolutions relating to special business have been sent to the UK Listing Authority and are available to the public for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility in accordance with the Listing Rules. From today, the Company will be called Vernalis plc. Vernalis plc ordinary shares will, until on or about 22 October 2003, trade on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. under the ticker "BBG BBG Brooklyn Botanic Garden BBG Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Bloomberg (financial company) BBG Bundesbeamtengesetz (German Law) BBG Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft (Germany) " and its American Depository Shares will trade on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market under the ticker "BBIOY". Vernalis Group plc will continue to trade under the ticker "VER Ver personification; portrayed as infantile and tender. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I: 322] See : Spring " until the cancellation of its listing on the London Stock Exchange becomes effective on or about 22 October 2003. At this date, Vernalis plc, the post merger company, will adopt the "VER" ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The Company will adopt the ticker "VNLS" in respect of its American Depository Shares in due course. |
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