…Covance shareholders would receive $75.76 in cash, and 0.2686 LabCorp shares, for each Covance share. The combined consideration of about $105.12 a share represents a premium of about 32% over Covance’s closing price Friday.
…Following the deal, the combined company will get 32% of its revenue from managed care, 29% from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, 22% from commercial customers, 12% from Medicare/Medicaid and 5% from private patients.
Mergers between diagnostic-testing companies and CROs are not common, so no one I know was expecting this particular transaction.
* Adjusted for cash/debt on acquired company’s balance sheet.
‡ Relative to “unaffected” share price in cases where a buyout offer or auction was made public; excludes contingent values unless otherwise specified.
® Reverse merger with private or non-US company.
s Premium excludes contingent fees and is calculated from 12/13/13 close, the day before ENDP offer.
t For 42% of company not already owned.
u Includes $1.7B assumption of debt; premium relative to 3/27/12 close, when Bloomberg reported BMY bid. AZN pays BMY $3.4B to put AMLN’s portfolio into 50/50 JV.
v Excluding CVR of $4-14/sh; premium relative to 7/22/10 close.
w For 44% of DNA not already owned.
x Price includes entire deal in three stages; 17% premium is the blended avg price of NVS’ purchases ($164) relative to ACL’s market price 4/4/08 immediately prior to announcement of first stage of deal.
y Includes $0.45/sh of contingent payments.
z Liquidated by Deerfield following failed merger with Archemix.