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BIO
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BIO - Bioscience Brands - Confirmation Of The Salient Dates Pertaining To
The Partly Underwritten Renounceable Rights Offer To Bioscience Brands
Shareholders
BIOSCIENCE BRANDS LIMITED
(formerly Wellco Health Limited)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 2005/005805/06)
("BioScience Brands" or "the company")
ISIN Code: ZAE000115036
Share code: BIO
CONFIRMATION OF THE SALIENT DATES PERTAINING TO THE PARTLY UNDERWRITTEN
RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS OFFER TO BIOSCIENCE BRANDS SHAREHOLDERS
Shareholders are referred to the announcement dated 11 December 2008
regarding the salient dates pertaining to the rights offer being made by
BioScience Brands to its shareholders.
The directors of BioScience Brands are pleased to confirm that all
outstanding conditions have been fulfilled and that the dates set out in the
said announcement are applicable. The rights offer will open at 09:00 on
Monday, 5 January 2009 and close at 12:00 on Friday, 23 January 2009. The
final dates in respect of the rights offer are accordingly as follows:
2008
Finalisation date: Monday, 15 December
Last day to trade in BioScience Tuesday, 23 December
Brands shares in order to settle
trades by the record date for the
rights offer and to qualify to
participate in the rights offer
(cum entitlement) on:
BioScience Brands shares commence Wednesday, 24 December
trading ex-rights on the JSE at
09:00:
Listing of and trading in the Wednesday, 24 December
letters of allocation commences
at 09:00:
2009
Record date for purposes of Friday, 2 January
determining the BioScience Brands
shareholders entitled to
participate in the rights offer
at the close of business on:
Circular and, where applicable, Monday, 5 January
form of instruction posted to
shareholders on:
Rights offer opens at 09:00 on: Monday, 5 January
Holders of dematerialised Monday, 5 January
BioScience Brands shares will
have their accounts at their CSDP
or broker automatically credited
with their letters of allocation
on:
Holders of certificated Monday, 5 January
BioScience Brands shares will
have their letters of allocation
credited to an electronic
register at the transfer
secretaries on:
Last day for form of instruction Friday, 16 January
to be lodged with the transfer
secretaries by holders of
certificated BioScience Brands
shares wishing to sell all or
part of their entitlement by
12:00 on:
Last day to trade (LDT) in Friday, 16 January
letters of allocation in order to
settle trades by the record date
for the rights offer and
participate in the rights offer
at the close of business on:
Listing and trading of rights Monday, 19 January
offer shares commences on the JSE
at 09:00:
Record date for letters of Friday, 23 January
allocation on:
Rights offer closes at 12:00 and Friday, 23 January
payment to be made and form of
instruction lodged by holders of
certificated BioScience Brands
shares with the transfer
secretaries by that time on:
CSDP/broker accounts credited Monday, 26 January
with rights offer shares and
debited with any payments due in
respect of holders of
dematerialised rights offer
shares on:
Rights offer shares certificates Monday, 26 January
in terms of the rights offer
posted to holders of certificated
rights offer shares on or about:
Results of rights offer and basis Monday, 26 January
of excess allocations announced
on SENS on or about:
Share certificates in respect of Monday, 26 January
excess allocations posted to
certificated shareholders on or
about:
Accounts of dematerialised Monday, 26 January
shareholders updated in respect
of excess shares allocated at
their CSDP or broker on or about:
Cheques and/or refunding monies Monday, 26 January
in respect of unsuccessful
applications for additional
rights offer shares by
certificated shareholders posted
to the relevant applicants on or
about:
Notes:
All times referred to in the announcement are local times in South Africa.
Holders of dematerialised BioScience Brands shares are required to notify
their CSDP or broker of the action they wish to take in respect of the
rights offer in the manner and by the time stipulated in the agreement
governing the relationship between the BioScience Brands shareholder and his
CSDP or broker.
BioScience Brands share certificates may not be dematerialised or
rematerialised between Wednesday, 24 December 2008 and Friday, 2 January
2009, both days inclusive.
CSDPs effect payment in respect of holders of dematerialised rights offer
shares on a delivery versus payment basis.
Johannesburg
15 December 2008
Designated Advisor
Arcay Moela Sponsors
(Proprietary) Limited
Date: 15/12/2008 11:58:20 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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