ABCAM PLC Notice of Year End Change and General Meeting (5520A)
June 02 2021 - 2:30AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5520A
ABCAM PLC
02 June 2021
2 June 2021
ABCAM PLC
("Abcam" or "the Company")
Change of accounting reference date and publication of
Shareholder Circular and Notice of General Meeting
Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc (AIM: ABC) (Nasdaq: ABCM), a global
leader in the supply of life science research tools, confirms that
further to its announcement on 8 March regarding its intention to
change its year end, the Board has now formally approved the change
of the Company's accounting reference date and financial year end
from 30 June to 31 December.
As a result, the Company's next three financial reporting events
will be as follows:
-- Unaudited results for the six- and twelve-month periods to 30
June 2021 to be announced before 30 September 2021;
-- Audited results for the twelve- and 18-month periods to 31
December 2021 to be announced before 31 March 2022;
-- Publication of the 2021 annual report and accounts expected before the end of April 2022.
The Company will also release a short pre-close trading update
on the day of the forthcoming General Meeting, details of which are
set out below.
Publication of Shareholder Circular and Notice of General
Meeting
Abcam also announces that it will publish and post (or otherwise
make available) to shareholders a Circular (the "Circular")
containing a Notice of General Meeting at which a resolution will
be proposed to approve a new Profitable Growth Incentive Plan.
Resolutions will also be proposed to approve a revised Remuneration
Policy which incorporates amendments to the Company's current
Remuneration Policy to reflect the new Profitable Growth Incentive
Plan, and to renew authorities to allot shares and disapply
pre-emption rights that would otherwise expire before the next
Annual General Meeting, intended to be held in spring 2022.
The General Meeting will be held on 1 July 2021 at 2.00 pm at
the Company's registered office at Discovery Drive, Cambridge
Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AX.
A copy of the Circular and Notice of General Meeting has been
submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be
available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
The Circular and Notice of General Meeting will be posted
tomorrow, 3 June 2021, to those shareholders that have elected to
receive paper communications. Shareholders that have not elected to
receive paper communications will be notified of the availability
of these documents on the investor section of Abcam plc's corporate
website, corporate.abcam.com/investors .
For further information, please contact:
Abcam + 44 (0) 1223 696 000
Marc Perkins, Company Secretary
James Staveley, Vice President, Investor Relations
Numis - Nominated Advisor & Joint Corporate Broker + 44 (0) 20 7260 1000
Garry Levin / Freddie Barnfield / Duncan Monteith
Morgan Stanley - Joint Corporate Broker + 44 (0) 207 425 8000
Tom Perry / Luka Kezic
J.P. Morgan Cazenove - Joint Corporate Broker + 44 (0) 20 7742 4000
James Mitford / Hemant Kapoor
FTI Consulting + 44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Ben Atwell / Natalie Garland-Collins
About Abcam plc
As an innovator in reagents and tools, Abcam's purpose is to
serve life science researchers globally to achieve their mission,
faster. Providing the research and clinical communities with tools
and scientific support, the Company offers highly validated
antibodies and assays to address important targets in critical
biological pathways.
Already a pioneer in data sharing and ecommerce in the life
sciences, Abcam's ambition is to be the most influential company in
life sciences by helping advance global understanding of biology
and causes of disease, which, in turn, will drive new treatments
and improved health.
In the fiscal year ended 30 June 2020, Abcam's worldwide
customer base consisted of approximately 750,000 life science
researchers. By actively listening to and collaborating with these
researchers, the Company continuously advances its portfolio to
address their needs. A transparent programme of customer reviews
and datasheets, combined with an industry-leading validation
initiative, gives researchers increased confidence in their
results.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the Company
has served customers in more than 130 countries. Abcam's ordinary
shares were admitted to trading on AIM in 2005 (AIM: ABC) and its
American Depositary Shares began trading on the Nasdaq Global
Market in October 2020 (Nasdaq: ABCM).
Please visit corporate.abcam.com to find out more.
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