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Allergan to Acquire ZELTIQ, Best-in-Class Company in Fast-Growing Body Contouring Segment, for $2.47 Billion
5 minutes ago - DJNF
- Immediately Accretive All Cash Transaction Expected to Close in the Second Half of 2017 -
DUBLIN and PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN), a leading global biopharmaceutical company, and ZELTIQ(R) Aesthetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZLTQ), a medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing products utilizing its proprietary controlled-cooling technology platform, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Allergan has agreed to acquire ZELTIQ for $56.50 per share, or $2.475 billion, subject to customary adjustments.

The acquisition of ZELTIQ is immediately accretive and enhances Allergan's global medical aesthetics portfolio with the addition of ZELTIQ's flagship CoolSculpting(R) System, the sales leader in the fast-growing cash pay body contouring segment of medical aesthetics. The CoolSculpting System is FDA-cleared to affect appearance through lipolysis or reduction of unwanted fat using a patented cooling technology. CoolSculpting works by gently cooling targeted fat cells in the body to induce a natural, controlled elimination of fat cells without affecting surrounding tissue. Body contouring is a $4 billion market opportunity worldwide and growing.