Thomas Eldered, CEO and co-founder of Recipharm AB, has informed the Company that he has sold 1,559,125 Class B shares in Recipharm, representing approximately 12.7% of his total shareholding in the Company, to a Swedish institutional investor. Following the transaction, Thomas Eldered remains the single largest shareholder in Recipharm and holds 15.8% of the shares and 38.7% of the votes in the Company.

Thomas commented: “There are only personal financial reasons behind the decision to sell a small portion of my shares in Recipharm. I have no intention to sell any additional shares in the Company. The shareholding in Recipharm represents by far my largest investment. Recipharm is in a very strong position and I see many exciting opportunities to further develop. I look forward to leading the organisation on our continued successful journey.”

Recipharm is a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) in the pharmaceutical industry employing around 6,000 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. The Recipharm B-share (RECI B) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Recipharm’s turnover is approximately SEK6.0 billion and the company operates development and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.