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PRESS: Shire To Lure Baxalta With GBP8 Billion Cash - Sunday Times

21st Dec 2015 06:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - Biopharmaceuticals giant Shire PLC is preparing to add a GBP8.0 billion cash sweetener to its bid to buy US rival Baxalta, The Sunday Times reported.

Citing senior City sources, the newspaper report said Shire's move will revive a GBP20.0 billion takeover plan for the target.

Up to 40% of the GBP20 billion offer could be comprised of cash, said sources close to the talks told the Sunday Times.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Companies/article1647289.ece

By Samuel Agini; [email protected]; @samuelagini

Copyright 2015 Alliance News Limited. All Rights Reserved.


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