Valeant Fires Back After Allergan Calls Offer "Grossly Inadequate"

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Mark Melin
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The heat in the Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) (TSE:VRX) unsolicited takeover offer for Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) is getting hotter, with Allergan advising their investors to reject Valeant’s “grossly inadequate” offer. Valeant fired back this morning in a press release refuting Allergan’s “misleading assertions.” Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN)’s board said the Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) (TSE:VRX) offer should be rejected because it undervalues the company and creates significant risks and uncertainties for Allergan shareholders. Allergan had previously attacked Valeant’s $52.7 billion offer largely based on the price of Valeant shares, which it said was inflated, as reported in ValueWalk. Allergan…

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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.