Further Cost Reduction Measures
19 Mars 2009 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1031P
Inion Oy
19 March 2009
Inion Oy
("Inion or the "Company")
Inion plans further cost reductions
Tampere, Finland and Guildford, UK. 19 March 2009, Inion (LSE: IIN.L), a company
focused on the development and commercialisation of novel biodegradable medical
implants, today announces that it is implementing further cost reduction
measures while it continues to seek additional funding to support its strategy.
The measures, which were negotiated at the time of the cooperation talks with
employees and were finalised in January 2009, will result in the suspension of
33 employees in Finland. The measure is regarded under Finnish law as being made
until further notice and so employment contracts of those affected will be
suspended following a notice period of one month, after which there will be no
further cost to Inion until such time as the Company has raised sufficient
working capital for them to be reinstated. The cost savings to the Company are
expected to be approximately EUR200,000 per month. Following this action, Inion
will have 29 active employees.
Chris Lee, Inion's CEO, said, "We are facing extremely challenging financial
market conditions, which have unfortunately resulted in the measures we have
taken today to conserve our cash resources. We remain fully committed to
securing the funding needed to ensure the future of the Company so that we can
realise the significant potential we see in our novel spine product offering,
which continues to generate growing sales in key markets."
The Company will continue to keep the market updated, as appropriate.
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For further information, please contact:
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| Inion | Tel: +44 |
| Oy | (0)1483 |
| Chris | 685390 |
| Lee, | |
| Chief | |
| Executive | |
| Officer | |
| Julien | |
| Cotta, | |
| Chief | |
| Financial | |
| Officer | |
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| Citigate | Tel: +44 |
| Dewe | (0)207 |
| Rogerson | 638 9571 |
| Mark | |
| Swallow | |
| / David | |
| Dible | |
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About Inion (www.inion.com)
Inion Oy is a medical devices company focused on the development and successful
commercialisation of innovative and unique biodegradable and bioactive surgical
implants in selected high value orthopaedic market segments.
Inion's core expertise and technology lies in the design and manufacture of
innovative biodegradable plates, screws, pins and membranes, which are used to
enhance the healing of bone or soft tissue injuries to the skeleton, such as
those caused by trauma or by reconstructive surgery. Inion implants are made
from its proprietary Inion Optima(TM) family of biomaterials, with properties
tailored for specific surgical applications, in terms of strength, flexibility
and rate of degradation
Inion is also focused on developing proprietary new bioactive and
biodegradable biomaterials that promote bone healing and accelerate patient
rehabilitation.
Inion was incorporated in early 2000 and listed on the Official List of the UK
Listing Authority in December 2004 (ticker: IIN). The Company has offices in the
UK and USA, and its head office, R&D and production facilities are in Tampere,
Finland.
This announcement includes "forward-looking statements" which include all
statements other than statements of historical facts, including, without
limitation, those regarding the Group's financial position, business strategy,
plans and objectives of management for future operations (including development
plans and objectives relating to the Group's products), and any statements
preceded by, followed by or that include forward-looking terminology such as the
words "targets", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will",
"can", "may", "anticipates", "would", "should", "could" or similar expressions
or the negative thereof. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the Group's
control that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the
Group to be materially different from future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding the
Group's present and future business strategies and the environment in which the
Group will operate in the future. Among the important factors that could cause
the Group's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those in forward-looking statements include those relating to Inion's
funding requirements, regulatory approvals, reliance on third parties,
intellectual property, key personnel and other factors. These forward-looking
statements speak only as at the date of this announcement. The Group expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions
to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any
change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based. As a result
of these factors, prospective investors are cautioned not to rely on any
forward-looking statement.
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