SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDVN) today announced that independent proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (“Glass Lewis”) recommends that Medivation’s stockholders support the Company’s Board of Directors by rejecting Sanofi’s solicitation efforts.
Commenting on the Glass Lewis report, Medivation stated: “We are pleased with Glass Lewis’ report, which underscores our belief that Sanofi’s opportunistic proposal grossly undervalues Medivation. The members of our highly qualified Board of Directors, who have a proven track record of delivering value, remain committed to acting in the best interests of our stockholders. We encourage our stockholders to follow Glass Lewis’ recommendation to support our Directors by marking and returning the company's green consent revocation card.”
In making its recommendation, Glass Lewis notes the following*:
On Medivation’s Board of Directors
On Sanofi’s $52.50 Proposal
On Sanofi's Nominees
On Sanofi's Tactics
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Medivation urges its stockholders to reject Sanofi’s solicitation efforts. Stockholders may do this by one of three ways:
1. Mark the “YES, REVOKE MY CONSENT” boxes on the GREEN
Consent Revocation Card
2. Discard Sanofi’s consent solicitation
materials and do not submit Sanofi’s WHITE consent card, or
3. If
you have already signed and returned Sanofi’s WHITE consent card,
complete, sign, date and mail the GREEN Consent Revocation Card
as soon as possible.
Medivation stockholders of record as of June 1, 2016 are eligible to submit consents or consent revocations by August 2, 2016. For more information, stockholders can visit www.MedivationForStockholders.com.
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* Permission to quote from the Glass Lewis report was neither sought nor obtained.
About Medivation, Inc.
Medivation, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of medically innovative therapies to treat serious diseases for which there are limited treatment options. Medivation aims to transform the treatment of these diseases and offer hope to critically ill patients and their families. For more information, please visit us at http://www.medivation.com.
Additional Information
This document is neither an offer to buy nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities of Medivation. No tender offer for the shares of Medivation has commenced at this time. In connection with its proposed transaction, Sanofi has filed a consent solicitation statement with the SEC and may file tender offer or other documents with the SEC. Medivation has filed with the SEC a definitive consent revocation statement together with a GREEN consent revocation card. Stockholders may obtain the consent revocation statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and any related materials, free of charge, at the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov, and from any solicitation agent named in the consent revocation materials. Stockholders may also obtain, at no charge, any such documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by Medivation under the “SEC Filings” tab in the “Investor Relations” section of Medivation’s website at www.medivation.com. Stockholders are advised to read the consent revocation statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto), as well as any other documents relating to the consent solicitation that are filed with the SEC, carefully and in their entirety prior to making any decisions because these documents contain important information.
Certain Information Regarding Participants
Medivation, its directors and certain of its executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of revocations in connection with Sanofi’s consent solicitation. Information regarding the identity of these participants and their direct or indirect interests, by shareholdings or otherwise, is set forth in the definitive consent revocation statement filed with the SEC in connection with the consent solicitation. Information regarding the names of Medivation’s directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Medivation by security holdings or otherwise is also set forth in Medivation’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on April 28, 2016. Additional information can also be found in Medivation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016, and in Medivation’s latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.