ShangPharma Corporation (SHP)

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ShangPharma enters into definitive merger agreement for going private transaction (SHP) 8.07 : Co announced that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with ShangPharma Holdings Limited ("Holdings"), ShangPharma Parent Limited ("Parent") and ShangPharma Merger Sub Limited, pursuant to which Parent will acquire the Company for US$0.50 per ordinary share or US$9.00 per American Depositary Share, each representing eighteen ordinary shares ("ADS").

This represents a 30.8% premium over the closing price of $6.88 per ADS as quoted by the New York Stock Exchange (on July 5, 2012, the last trading day prior to the Company's announcement on July 6, 2012 that it had received a "going private" proposal, and a 44.8% and 34.2% premium to the volume-weighted average closing price of the Company's ADSs during the 30 and 60 trading days prior to August 13, 2012, respectively. The consideration to be paid to holders of ordinary shares and ADSs implies an equity value of the co at ~US$173 million, on a fully diluted basis.