Endo Pharma (NASDAQ: ENDP) Approved to Acquire Penwest (NASDAQ: PPCO)

Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENDP) has agreed to acquire all of the common stock of Penwest Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PPCO) for $5 per share, according to MarketWatch.

The cash consideration represents a premium of 47% over the 30-day average of Penwest shares and 19% based on the closing price of August 6. This agreement has been unanimously approved by the Penwest and Endo Boards of Directors. The tender offer is expected to be completed in September 2010.

Endo will acquire any Penwest shares that are not purchased in the tender offer in a second-step merger, which is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter, at the same price per share paid in the tender offer. The tender offer will be subject to certain closing conditions, including a minimum condition that not less than a majority of shares of Penwest common stock are tendered into the offer.

Shareholders Tang Capital Partners, LP, and Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund Ltd. whose principals Kevin Tang and Joe Edelman, respectively, are members of Penwest's Board of Directors. Tang, Penwest's Chairman of the Board, and Jennifer Good, Penwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, who collectively own 38.6% of the fully diluted common stock of Penwest, have committed to tender their shares in the tender offer.

BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as exclusive financial advisor to Penwest in connection with the transaction.

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