Inveresk Research Group, Inc. Prices Common Stock Offering

Inveresk Research Group, Inc. Prices Common Stock Offering 


CARY, N.C., Nov. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inveresk Research Group, Inc. 
today priced a public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a
price of $20.00 per share.  The offering is comprised of 9,000,000 shares being
offered by various selling stockholders and 1,000,000 shares being offered by
Inveresk.  The underwriters for the offering are Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., William Blair & Company, L.L.C., SG Cowen Securities
Corporation and Jefferies & Company, Inc.  The underwriters have been granted a
30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares from certain of
the selling stockholders for the purpose of covering over-allotments.

This  press  release  shall  not  constitute  an  offer  to  sell  or  the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these shares in
any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
Copies  of  the  prospectus  and  prospectus  supplement  relating  to  these
securities may be obtained by contacting Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., 383 Madison
Avenue, New York, NY 10179, telephone number 212-272-2000.

Inveresk is a leading provider of drug development services to companies in the
pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.  The company is based in Cary,
North Carolina with facilities in Edinburgh, Scotland and Montreal, Canada. 

DATASOURCE: Inveresk Research Group, Inc.



CONTACT:  Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. [phone]



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