SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a - 16 OR 15d - 16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April, 2005
SkyePharma PLC
SkyePharma PLC, 105 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NJ England
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _______
For Immediate Release 8 April 2005
SkyePharma to Announce 2004 Full Year Results on 28 April
and to Host Analyst Presentation and Conference Call
LONDON & NEW YORK, 8 April 2004 -- SkyePharma PLC (LSE: SKP; Nasdaq: SKYE)
announces today that the Company will announce the financial results for the
year ended 31 December 2004 to the London Stock Exchange at 07:00 a.m. (BST) on
Thursday 28 April 2005. Later that day the Company will host an analyst
presentation, which will be webcast live, and a US conference call to review
these results.
Michael Ashton, SkyePharma's Chief Executive Officer, will host the analyst
presentation and the conference call. Investors and other interested parties may
view the live webcast at 10:00 a.m. (BST) on the Company's website at
www.skyepharma.com under the Investor Relations tab.
US Investors and other interested parties may access the conference call at 10:
00 a.m. EDT (15:00 BST) by dialling (888)-428-4469 for US participants and
+1-651-291-5254 for international participants. The slides of the presentation
will be available on the Company's website at www.skyepharma.com under the
Investor Relations tab.
For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available
shortly after the conference call by dialling (800)-475-6701 for US participants
and +1-320-365-3844 for international participants and entering Access Code
778172.
For further information please contact:
SkyePharma PLC
+44 207 491 1777
Michael Ashton, Chief Executive Officer
Peter Laing, Director of Corporate Communications
+44 207 491 5124
Sandra Haughton, US Investor Relations
+1 212 753 5780
Buchanan Communications
+44 207 466 5000
Tim Anderson / Mark Court
About SkyePharma PLC
SkyePharma PLC develops pharmaceutical products benefiting from world-leading
drug delivery technologies that provide easier-to-use and more effective drug
formulations. There are now ten approved products incorporating SkyePharma's
technologies in the areas of oral, injectable, inhaled and topical delivery,
supported by advanced solubilisation capabilities. For more information, visit
www.skyepharma.com.
Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news
release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based upon a number of
factors, which are described in SkyePharma's 20-F and other documents on file
with the SEC. These include without limitation risks in obtaining and
maintaining regulatory approval for existing, new or expanded indications for
its products, other regulatory risks, risks relating to SkyePharma's ability to
manufacture pharmaceutical products on a large scale, risks that customer
inventory will be greater than previously thought, risks concerning SkyePharma's
ability to manage growth, SkyePharma's marketing partners' ability to market a
pharmaceutical product on a large scale and manage their sales and marketing
organisation and maintain or expand sales and market share for its products,
risks relating to the ability to ensure regulatory compliance, risks related to
the research, development and regulatory approval of new pharmaceutical
products, risks related to research and development costs and capabilities,
market acceptance of and continuing demand for SkyePharma's products and the
impact of increased competition, risks associated with anticipated top and
bottom line growth and the possibility that upside potential will not be
achieved, competitive products and pricing, and risks associated with the
ownership and use of intellectual property rights. SkyePharma undertakes no
obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect
events or circumstances after the date of this release.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SkyePharma PLC
By: /s/ Douglas Parkhill
Name: Douglas Parkhill
Title:
Company Secretary
Date: April 08, 2005