NEW YORK & LAVAL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. (“Pershing Square”) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE:VRX) (TSX:VRX) (“Valeant”) announced an agreement with Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) (“Allergan”) to settle pending litigation before the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Pursuant to the settlement, Allergan has agreed to unconditionally call and hold a special meeting of its shareholders on December 18, 2014.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2014 will be entitled to receive notice of and vote at the meeting. Shareholders who submitted special meeting requests will not be required to provide updated information to the company in advance of the meeting.
Pershing Square has delivered requests calling for a special meeting from 51 institutions representing 35.68% of the outstanding common stock of Allergan.
At the special meeting, Allergan shareholders will have the opportunity to voice their support for a number of critical matters, including the removal of six incumbent members of the Allergan board, the appointment of an independent slate of directors, amendments to Allergan’s bylaws to eliminate onerous restrictions on the calling of a special meeting, a request that Allergan engage in negotiations with Valeant and Pershing Square, and certain other actions to improve corporate governance of Allergan.
Allergan has reserved the right to continue to pursue existing litigation in federal court in California but will no longer seek the invalidation of any special meeting requests or otherwise seek to postpone or cancel the special meeting. Valeant and Pershing Square believe that Allergan’s claims and request for relief in the California litigation are entirely without merit and will ultimately be rejected.
ABOUT PERSHING SQUARE
Pershing Square is a Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment advisor to private investment funds. A fund managed by Pershing Square is Allergan’s largest shareholder owning approximately 9.7% of shares outstanding.
ABOUT VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE/TSX: VRX) is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of dermatology, eye health, neurology and branded generics. More information about Valeant can be found at www.valeant.com.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. This communication relates to Pershing Square’s solicitation of written requests to call a special meeting of shareholders of Allergan. In furtherance of this proposal and subject to future developments, Pershing Square has filed a definitive solicitation statement with the SEC on July 11, 2014 (the “solicitation statement”) and a preliminary proxy statement on June 23, 2014, as it may be amended from time to time (the “proxy statement”) with respect to a special meeting of Allergan shareholders, Valeant has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) and a tender offer statement on Schedule TO (including the offer to exchange, the letter of election and transmittal and other related offer materials) with the SEC on June 18, 2014, as it may be amended from time to time (together with the Form S-4, the “Schedule TO”), and a preliminary proxy statement on June 24, 2014, as it may be amended from time to time, with respect to a meeting of Valeant shareholders. Pershing Square and Valeant (and, if a negotiated transaction is agreed, Allergan) may file one or more solicitation statements, registration statements, proxy statements, tender or exchange offer documents or other documents with the SEC. This communication is not a substitute for the solicitation statement, the Schedule TO, or any other solicitation statement, proxy statement, registration statement, prospectus, tender or exchange offer document or other document Pershing Square, Valeant and/or Allergan may file with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF VALEANT AND ALLERGAN ARE URGED TO READ THE SOLICITATION STATEMENT, THE SCHEDULE TO, THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER SOLICITATION STATEMENT, PROXY STATEMENT, REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROSPECTUS, TENDER OR EXCHANGE OFFER DOCUMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The solicitation statement has been mailed to stockholders of Allergan. Any definitive solicitation statement or proxy statement(s) or definitive tender or exchange offer documents (if and when available) will be mailed to stockholders of Allergan and/or Valeant, as applicable. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the solicitation statement, the Schedule TO and the proxy statement and will be able to obtain free copies of other documents (if and when available) filed with the SEC by Pershing Square and/or Valeant through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding the names and interests in Allergan and Valeant of Pershing Square and persons related to Pershing Square who may be deemed participants in any solicitation of Allergan or Valeant shareholders in respect of a Valeant proposal for a business combination with Allergan is available in the solicitation statement. The solicitation statement can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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