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Last update: Jan 24, 2022
RARITAN, N.J., Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Further to the joint announcement by Ortho and Quidel Corporation (“Quidel”) on December 23, 2021 of the signing of a definitive business combination agreement, Ortho announces that, as a preliminary procedural step in the process of implementing the combination, Ortho has scheduled a hearing of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the “UK Court”) to seek the UK Court’s consent and directions to convene a meeting of Ortho shareholders as part of the scheme of arrangement of Ortho proposed to be made pursuant to Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “UK Scheme”) for the purpose of implementing the business combination (the “UK Scheme Directions Hearing”).