No intention to make an offer for Supporta plc
08 January 2010 - 2:11AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAHI TIDMSOR
RNS Number : 2084F
Allied Healthcare International Inc
07 January 2010
Allied Healthcare International Inc.
7 January 2010
No intention to make an offer for Supporta plc ("Supporta")
On 23 December 2009, Allied Healthcare International Inc. ("Allied") announced,
in accordance with Rule 2.4 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the
"Code"), that it had submitted an indicative cash offer for the entire issued
share capital of Supporta, which was subject to, amongst other things, due
diligence.
Following a period of due diligence, Allied has decided to terminate discussions
with Supporta. Allied therefore confirms, in accordance with Rule 2.8 of the
Code, that it has no current intention to make an offer for Supporta.
For the purposes of Rule 2.8 of the Code, Allied reserves the right to make or
participate in an offer for Supporta (and/or take any other action which would
otherwise be restricted under Rule 2.8 of the Code) within the six months
following the date of this announcement if there is material change in
circumstances or an agreement or recommendation from the Board of directors of
Supporta is forthcoming.
The release, distribution or publication of this announcement in jurisdictions
other than the UK may be restricted by law and therefore any persons who are
subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the UK should inform
themselves about and observe any applicable requirements.
Contacts:
Allied Healthcare International Inc.
Sandy Young, Chief Executive Officer
Paul Weston, Chief Financial Officer
+44 (0) 1785 810600
Piper Jaffray Ltd.
Matthew Flower
Rupert Winckler
+44 (0) 20 3142 8702
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this news release may be forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations
and projections about future events. Actual results could differ materially from
those discussed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the
forward-looking statements include: general economic and market conditions;
Allied's ability to continue to recruit and retain flexible healthcare staff;
the H1N1 influenza virus which may result in staff being unable to perform
services due to their own illness or due to the illness of patients and may
reduce our revenues; Allied's ability to enter into contracts with local
government social services departments, NHS Trusts, hospitals, other healthcare
facility clients and private clients on terms attractive to Allied; the general
level of demand for healthcare and social care; dependence on the proper
functioning of Allied's information systems; the effect of existing or future
government regulation of the healthcare and social care industry, and Allied's
ability to comply with these regulations; the impact of medical malpractice and
other claims asserted against Allied; the effect of regulatory change that may
apply to Allied and that may increase costs and reduce revenues and
profitability; Allied's ability to use net operating loss carry forwards to
offset net income; the effect that fluctuations in foreign currency exchange
rates may have on our dollar-denominated results of operations; and the
impairment of goodwill, of which Allied has a substantial amount on the balance
sheet, may have the effect of decreasing earnings or increasing losses. Other
factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the
forward-looking statements in this press release include those described in
Allied's most recently filed SEC documents, such as its most recent annual
report on Form 10-K, all quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and any current reports
on Form 8-K filed since the date of the last Form 10-K. Allied undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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