Sciele Pharma (MM) (NASDAQ:SCRX)
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Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (“Shionogi”)
and Sciele Pharma, Inc. (“Sciele”)
(NASDAQ: SCRX) announced today that the waiting period under the Hart
Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to
Shionogi's indirect wholly owned subsidiary’s
cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sciele
at a price of $31.00 per share expired at 11:59 P.M., New York City
time, on September 18, 2008.
Accordingly, the condition to the tender offer with respect to the
antitrust and competition laws of the United States has been satisfied.
The tender offer is currently scheduled to expire at 12:00 Midnight, New
York City time, on Friday, October 3, 2008. The tender offer is being
made pursuant to the previously announced agreement of merger among
Shionogi, its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, and Sciele.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL
SCIELE’S COMMON STOCK. THE TENDER OFFER IS
BEING MADE PURSUANT TO A TENDER OFFER STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE TO
(INCLUDING THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER
RELATED TENDER OFFER MATERIALS) THAT WAS FILED BY TALL BRIDGE, INC. WITH
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2008. THESE
MATERIALS, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER, THAT
SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE
TENDER OFFER. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS CAN OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THESE
MATERIALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY TALL BRIDGE, INC. WITH THE SEC AT
THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE SEC AT WWW.SEC.GOV.
THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FOR FREE BY CONTACTING
THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE TENDER OFFER, GEORGESON, AT 1-212-440-9800
FOR BANKS AND BROKERS AND 1-800-334-9586 FOR SHAREHOLDERS AND ALL
OTHERS, OR BY WRITING TO 199 WATER STREET, 26TH
FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10038.
About Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. is a major research-driven Japanese pharmaceutical
manufacturer. The company’s primary businesses
are research and development, manufacturing, marketing, and import and
export sales of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Shionogi follows a
basic policy of continually providing the superior medicines essential
to people’s health. For more details, please
visit www.shionogi.co.jp.
About Sciele Pharma, Inc.
Sciele Pharma, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company specializing in sales,
marketing and development of branded prescription products focused on
the therapeutic areas of Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Women's Health and
Pediatrics. The Company's Cardiovascular and Diabetes products treat
patients with high cholesterol, hypertension, high triglycerides,
unstable angina and Type 2 diabetes; its Women's Health products are
designed to improve the health and well-being of women and mothers and
their babies; and its Pediatrics products treat allergies, asthma,
coughs and colds, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). The Company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia. The Company employs more than 1,000 people. The Company's
success is based on placing the needs of patients first, improving
health and quality of life, and implementing its business platform –
an Entrepreneurial Spirit, Innovation, Execution Excellence, Simplicity,
and Teamwork. For more information on Sciele, please visit www.sciele.com.