Astellas announced that its indirect subsidiary, Sturgeon Acquisition, Inc., has commenced a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of CV Therapeutics at a price of US$16.00 per share. The offer and withdrawal rights are scheduled to expire at 12:01 a.m., New York City time on March 27, 2009, unless the offer is extended. The Company also announced that it is considering taking action in connection with CV Therapeutics’ 2009 Annual Meeting.
The Astellas tender offer represents a 41% premium to CV Therapeutics’ closing share price on January 26, 2009, the day prior to the public disclosure of Astellas’ proposal, and a 69% premium to CV Therapeutics’ 60-day average closing price ending January 26th. The tender offer is not conditioned on financing and represents a total equity value of approximately $1.1 billion.
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