Manufacturing Industry

LILLY (ELI) & COMPANY - Lilly Announces Amendment to Merger Agreement With ICOS.

PR Newswire UK Disclose, December, 2006

 
Date: December 18, 2006 
 
For Release: 
 
Refer to: Phil Belt ( 317-276-2506 ) 
 
            Lilly Announces Amendment to Merger Agreementwith ICOS 
 
             Lilly confirms that this is its best and final offer 
 
INDIANAPOLIS, IN , December 18, 2006 - Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today 
announced that it has reached agreement with ICOS Corporation (NASDAQ: ICOS) to 
amend the merger agreement relating to the proposed acquisition of ICOS by 
Lilly. Under the revised terms, Lilly will acquire all of the outstanding 
shares of ICOS common stock at a price of $ 34 per share, for a total purchase 
price of approximately $2.3 billion. 
 
The proposed $ 34 price reflects a $2 per share increase from the $32 per share 
pursuant to the original merger agreement, and Lilly...

            
        
    
    	    
                
                
	
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