Merck Completes Tender Offer to Acquire Cubist
January 21, 2015 8:00 am ET
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
announced the successful completion of the tender offer for all of the
outstanding shares of common stock of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CBST) at a purchase price of $102.00 per share. As of the
tender offer expiration yesterday, 58,039,667 shares of common stock of
Cubist were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn from the tender
offer, representing approximately 75.7 percent of the outstanding common
stock of Cubist on a fully diluted basis. All of such shares have been
accepted for payment in accordance with the terms of the tender offer,
and Merck expects to promptly pay for all such shares.
Following consummation of the tender offer, Merck expects to complete
the acquisition of Cubist later today through a merger of Merck’s wholly
owned subsidiary with and into Cubist without stockholder approval. Upon
completion of the merger, all outstanding shares of common stock of
Cubist, other than shares held by Cubist in treasury or shares held by
Cubist’s stockholders who are entitled to and properly exercise
appraisal rights under Delaware law, will be canceled and converted into
the right to receive cash equal to the $102.00 offer price per share
without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes.
In addition, upon completion of the merger, Cubist will become a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merck and the common stock of Cubist will cease to
be traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
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