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DewDiligence

06/17/15 9:47 AM

#192628 RE: DewDiligence #192627

p.s. AGN says it’s not a “roll-up” company like VRX, but the two companies are more similar than different.
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DewDiligence

06/17/15 10:48 AM

#192630 RE: DewDiligence #192627

A few comments on AGN-KYTH deal (scroll up):

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DewDiligence

07/06/15 10:57 AM

#193177 RE: DewDiligence #192627

AGN acquires private dry-eye company for $125M in cash plus potential milestone payments:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/allergan-acquire-oculeve-dry-eye-110000091.html

Allergan…and Oculeve…today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Allergan will acquire Oculeve in an all-cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Allergan will acquire Oculeve for a $125 million upfront payment and commercialization milestone payments related to Oculeve's lead development program OD-01. The agreement also includes the acquisition of an additional earlier-stage dry eye device development program. Allergan's 2015 earnings-per-share forecast provided on May 11, 2015 is unchanged as a result of the acquisition.

This is the second acquisition by AGN since it acquired AGN (not a typo!)—the first one was KYTH.
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DewDiligence

08/05/15 10:47 AM

#194081 RE: DewDiligence #192627

AGN-KYTH deal amended to be all-cash at $75/sh:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/allergan-changes-its-2-1-billion-deal-for-kythera-to-all-cash-1438778826

Allergan PLC amended the terms of its pending $2.1 billion deal for double-chin treatment maker Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc. by agreeing to pay for it all in cash and dropping the stock component.

In a news release Wednesday, the companies expect the all-cash transaction at $75 a share can be completed more quickly than the original deal announced in June, which was comprised of 80% cash and 20% stock.

At the time, Allergan Chief Executive Brent Saunders said the maker of wrinkle-treatment Botox had opted against an all-cash deal to save “fire power for future deals” this year.

Since then, Allergan has agreed to sell its generics unit to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $40.5 billion, of which $33.75 billion is expected to be in cash.

In other words, thanks to the TEVA deal, AGN no longer needs to conserve cash for future dealmaking.