The prospectus relating to Recipharm rights issue in the amount of approximately SEK 805 million has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is now available on the Company’s website www.recipharm.com. The prospectus and the application forms will be sent by mail to directly registered shareholders of Recipharm.

The prospectus and the application forms can be obtained from Recipharm, Handelsbanken and Swedbank. The prospectus and the application forms will also be available on Recipharm’s website www.recipharm.com/sv/investor-relations/nyemission-2016, on DNB Markets’ website
www.dnb.no/emisjoner, on Handelsbanken’s website www.handelsbanken.se/ investerings-erbjudande (only in Swedish) and on Swedbank’s website, www.swedbank.se/prospekt (only in Swedish).

DNB Markets, Handelsbanken Capital Markets and Swedbank Corporate Finance are acting as financial advisors and Setterwalls Advokatbyrå as legal advisor to Recipharm in connection with the rights issue.

Recipharm AB (publ)
The Board of Directors

For further information please visit www.recipharm.com or contact:
Thomas Eldered, CEO, +46 8 602 52 10
Björn Westberg, CFO, ir@recipharm.com, +46 8 602 46 20

This information is published in accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act, the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act and/or the regulations of Nasdaq Stockholm. This information was submitted for publication on 19 May 2016, at 23:30hrs CET.

About Recipharm
Recipharm is a leading CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) in the pharmaceutical industry employing some 3,200 employees. Recipharm offers manufacturing services of pharmaceuticals in various dosage forms, production of clinical trial material and APIs, and pharmaceutical product development. Recipharm manufactures several hundred different products to customers ranging from Big Pharma to smaller research- and development companies. Recipharm’s turnover is approximately SEK 4.6 billion and the Company operates development and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK and is headquartered in Jordbro, Sweden. The Recipharm B-share (RECI B) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

For more information on Recipharm and our services, please visit www.recipharm.com

Important information
The information in this press release does not constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe for or otherwise trade in shares, subscription rights or other securities in Recipharm. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for shares in Recipharm will only be made through the prospectus that Recipharm estimates to publish on or around 19 May 2016.

This press release may not be released, published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa or any other jurisdiction where such action is wholly or partially subject to legal restrictions or where such action would require additional prospectuses, registrations or other actions in addition to what follows from Swedish law. Nor may the information in this press release be forwarded, reproduced or disclosed in a manner that contravenes such restrictions or would entail such requirements. Failure to comply with this instruction may result in a violation of applicable securities laws.

No subscription rights, BTAs (interim shares) or new shares have or will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Securities Act”), or securities legislation in any state or other jurisdiction in the United States and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, except pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements which reflect Recipharm’s current view on future events and financial and operational development. The words “intend”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “plan”, “anticipate” or similar expressions regarding indications or prognoses of future developments or trends and which are not statements based on historical facts constitute forward-looking information. Although Recipharm believes that these statements are based on reasonable assumptions and expectations, Recipharm cannot give any assurances that such statements will materialize. Forward-looking statements are in its nature involved with both known and unknown risks and uncertainties, since it is depending on future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements do not constitute any representations and warranties and the outcome could differ materially from the information set out in the forward-looking statements.

Recipharm publishes prospectus