Appointment of Administrator
September 04 2009 - 8:07AM
UK Regulatory
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Medical Marketing Int'l Group PLC
04 September 2009
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS
4 September 2009 - Further to the announcement on 13 August 2009, Medical
Marketing International Group plc ("MMI" or the "Company") (AIM:MMG), the life
sciences company focused on the development of drugs for cancer, regrets to
announce that it has today resolved to appoint Mr Ian Carr and Mr Nigel Morrison
of Grant Thornton UK LLP as administrators of the Company.
As announced previously, the directors of the Company (the "Directors") have
been pursuing funding and other alternatives to establish a firm future for the
Company whilst minimising the Company's operating costs.
The Directors have explored various options for raising further funding to
enable the Company to continue trading its existing scientific business or,
alternatively, whether the Company could acquire another business with a view to
pursuing an alternative line of business. These discussions failed to secure any
firm indications of future funding.
The main reason given to the Directors for this lack of interest is the
outstanding claim following the termination of the employment of the Company's
former Executive Chairman, Mr David Best, in March 2008. Various attempts have
been made to settle this claim but the Company and Mr Best have been unable to
agree on any settlement, with Mr Best continuing to make claims for amounts
which are considerably more than both the Company's financial resources and the
amount which the Directors have been advised by the Company's legal advisers and
counsel represents the Company's maximum potential liability to Mr Best.
On 13 August 2008, the Company announced that the Directors were pursuing
discussions with one of the Company's major shareholders who had indicated that,
in principle, he may be prepared to make funding available. Despite providing
such information which was requested by the shareholder as the Company is
permitted to provide, no proposal has been received and, based on the
discussions which occurred, the Directors concluded that it was highly unlikely
that any proposal was likely to be forthcoming within the timescale required to
enable to Company to avoid insolvency.
Based on the continuing failure to achieve a settlement of Mr Best's claims at a
level which the Company could support and the failure to secure any offers of
further funding, the Directors have today resolved to appoint Mr Ian Carr and Mr
Nigel Morrison of Grant Thornton UK LLP as the Company's administrators.
Enquiries:
Medical Marketing International Group plc
Ian Carr and Nigel Morrison, Administrators Tel: +44 (0) 1223 225 600
FinnCap
Charlie Cunningham Tel: +44 (0)20 7600 1658
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