Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Reports Proposed Private Sale of Ordinary Shares by Existing S...( NANJING CHINA April 28 /- Simcere...)

NANJING, CHINA, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simcere Pharmaceutical Group (NYSE: SCR), a leading manufacturer and supplier of branded generic pharmaceuticals and manufacturer of the patented anti-cancer biotech product Endu in China, today announced that it has been informed that one of its existing shareholders, New Good Management Limited, a British Virgin Islands company beneficially owned by 15 individuals, including certain senior management of Simcere Pharmaceutical, has entered into a share purchase agreement with King View Development International Limited, a British Virgin Islands company affiliated with Trust Bride Partners, a private equity fund. Under the terms and conditions of the share purchase agreement, King View has agreed to purchase from New Good Management in a private sale a total of 11,820,000 ordinary shares that New Good Management currently holds in Simcere Pharmaceutical, or approximately 9.3% of Simcere Pharmaceutical's issued and outstanding share capital as of April 26, 2008. Simcere Pharmaceutical has been informed that, except for Mr. Haibo Qian, the secretary to the board of directors and company secretary, and Chuan Li, a deputy manager of one of Simcere's subsidiaries, none of the shareholders of New Good Management participating in this proposed private sale is an employee of Simcere Pharmaceutical. The closing of the proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to take place prior to the middle of May 2008. Upon closing, Simcere Pharmaceutical expects that New Good Management and Assured Ahead Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company that is 68.0% owned by Hony Capital II, L.P., an exempted limited partnership formed under the laws of the Cayman Isla
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