an average price of $121.50 per share, including $31 million of stock sales by the CEO. During the first quarter, the board also granted stock options to management at $124 per share. Clearly, management found these prices fair as they sold material amounts of stock. The board was similarly comfortable granting options with strike prices at enormous discounts to Valeant’s offer, an offer that supposedly “grossly undervalues” the company. We Believe Allergan’s Board Has Breached Its Fiduciary Duty in Not Properly Examining the Valeant Offer Not only has the board rejected the bid, but we believe it has…
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Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.