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Elan Announces Results of EGM
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 17, 2013-- Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE:ELN) (Elan or the Company) announces that, at its Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today, shareholders approved the Share Repurchase Program.
Shareholders did not approve the Theravance Transaction, the AOP Transaction or the ELND005 Transaction.
As shareholders have approved the Share Repurchase Program, and in accordance with the terms of the Royalty Pharma Offer, the Royalty Pharma Offer has now lapsed*.
As announced on June 14, 2013, Elan has now initiated a formal sale process. Royalty Pharma has been invited to participate in that process and to bring forward a new offer should it so desire.
The number of votes cast for and against each resolution will be made available on our website (http://www.elan.com) later today.
*Royalty Pharma had sought the approval from the Irish Takeover Panel to allow it to amend its offer so it would not lapse should the Share Repurchase Program or the ELND005 Transaction be approved by shareholders at the EGM. On June 6, 2013, the Irish Takeover Panel refused to grant such approval. Royalty Pharma has launched judicial review proceedings in the Irish High Court against the decision of the Irish Takeover Panel. Pending the resolution of the proceedings (which are due to be heard on Wednesday 19 June 2013) Royalty Pharma has secured injunctive relief preventing the Irish Takeover Panel - in the event that one or both of the ELND005 or share purchase programme resolutions are passed but both the Theravance resolution and the AOP resolution are rejected- from issuing a direction that Royalty Pharma lapse its offer or from treating the offer as having lapsed for any purposes under the Irish Takeover Panel Act, or otherwise from treating or deeming the offer to have lapsed.
About Elan
Elan is a biotechnology company, headquartered in Ireland, committed to making a difference in the lives of patients and their families by dedicating itself to bringing innovations in science to fill significant unmet medical needs that continue to exist around the world. For additional information about Elan, please visit http://www.elan.com.
The Directors of Elan accept responsibility for the information contained in this announcement. To the best of their knowledge and belief (having taken all reasonable care to ensure such is the case); the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
Any holder of 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of Elan or of Royalty Pharma may have disclosure obligations under Rule 8.3 of the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules 2007 (as amended).
Capitalized terms have, unless the context otherwise requires or so admits, the meaning given to them in the shareholder circular dated May 27, 2013.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “project”, “target”, “intend”, “plan”, “will”, “believe”, “expect” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future financial performance or events. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described or projected herein are the following: Elan’s principal source of revenue may remain a royalty on sales of Tysabri, the potential of Tysabri, which may be severely constrained by increases in the incidence of serious adverse events (including death) associated with Tysabri (in particular, by increases in the incidence rate for cases of PML), or by competition from existing or new therapies (in particular, oral therapies), and the potential for the successful development and commercialization of products, whether internally or by acquisition, especially given the separation of the Prothena business which left Elan with no material pre-clinical research programs or capabilities; Elan’s ability to maintain sufficient cash, liquid resources, and investments and other assets capable of being monetized to meet its liquidity requirements; the success of our development activities, and research and development activities in which Elan retains an interest, including, in particular, the impact of the announced discontinuation of the development of bapineuzumab intravenous in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease; failure to comply with anti-kickback, bribery and false claims laws in the United States, Europe and elsewhere; difficulties or delays in manufacturing and supply of Tysabri; trade buying patterns; the impact of potential biosimilar competition, the trend towards managed care and health care cost containment, including Medicare and Medicaid; legislation and other developments affecting pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement (including, in particular, the dispute in Italy with respect to Tysabri sales), both domestically and internationally; failure to comply with Elan’s payment obligations under Medicaid and other governmental programs; exposure to product liability (including, in particular, with respect to Tysabri) and other types of lawsuits and legal defense costs and the risks of adverse decisions or settlements related to product liability, patent protection, securities class actions, governmental investigations and other legal proceedings; Elan’s ability to protect its patents and other intellectual property; claims and concerns that may arise regarding the safety or efficacy of Elan’s product candidates; interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and the risk of a partial or total collapse of the euro; governmental laws and regulations affecting domestic and foreign operations, including tax obligations; whether Elan is deemed to be an Investment Company or a Passive Foreign Investment Company; general changes in United States and International generally accepted accounting principles; growth in costs and expenses; and the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, product withdrawals and other unusual items. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other matters can be found in Elan’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, and in its Reports of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the SEC. Elan assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Source: Elan Corporation, plc
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