Quescor Pharma boulotado par Mallinckrodt (Jeu The Bull)

par Bimbo, mardi 26 août 2014, 20:41 (il y a 3748 jours)

DUBLIN, Aug. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mallinckrodt plc MNK, +1.65% a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. QCOR in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $5.8 billion. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to Mallinckrodt's fiscal 2014 adjusted diluted earnings per share and significantly accretive to its adjusted diluted earnings per share in fiscal 2015.

The merger follows strong approval by both Mallinckrodt and Questcor shareholders at separate special meetings held today. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Questcor shareholders will receive $30.00 in cash and 0.897 of a Mallinckrodt ordinary share for each Questcor share.