Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, is commencing today, through a subsidiary, a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Pandion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAND). On Feb. 25, 2021, Merck announced its intent to acquire Pandion.
Upon the successful closing of the tender offer, stockholders of Pandion will receive $60 in cash for each share of Pandion common stock validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the offer, without interest and less any required withholding taxes. Following the purchase of shares in the tender offer, Pandion will become a subsidiary of Merck.
Merck will file today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, which provides the terms of the tender offer. Additionally, Pandion will file with the SEC a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 that includes the recommendation of the Pandion board of directors that their stockholders accept the tender offer and tender their shares.
The tender offer will expire at one minute past 11:59 pm Eastern Time on March 31, 2021, unless extended in accordance with the merger agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The closing of the tender offer is subject to certain conditions, including the tender of shares representing at least a majority of the total number of Pandion’s shares of fully-diluted common stock, the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and other customary conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021.
Source: Biospace
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