Taro’s shareholder reject Sun Pharmaceutical’s buyout offer: Report

14 Aug 2012 Evaluate

In yet another trouble for Indian drug maker, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, the minority shareholder of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed Taro Pharmaceutical Industries have rejected former’s buyout proposal on the ground of inadequate offering given Taro’s improving performance, as mentioned in a media report. Sun Pharma's current offer for an all cash deal valued at $571.3 million was revised 56% higher than $367 million suggested in October 2011.

The offer to pass the muster would require approval of more than 50% of the minority outstanding shares, which is much as per Israeli law. However, with minority shareholder, Grand Slam Management rejecting the offer and also urging other minority stakeholders to follow the same trajectory, the deal appears to have hit the roadblock.

Sun Pharmaceutical and its affiliates collectively owned about 66% of the outstanding Taro ordinary shares and 100% of Taro’s founder shares, representing about 77.5% of the outstanding voting power in Taro. Meanwhile, the remaining 44.5 million outstanding shares, translating into 22.5% of the complete stake, were planned to be acquired by the company at cash payment of $39.50 per share against the earlier rejected offer $24.50 per share from the Taro’s shareholders. The offer if materialized would turn Taro into privately held company, wholly owned by Sun Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates.

Sun Pharmaceutical is an international, integrated and specialty pharmaceutical company. It manufactures and markets a large basket of pharmaceutical formulations as branded generics as well as generics in India, US and several other markets across the world

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