REGENXBIO Responds to Notification of a Superior Proposal Under Its Merger Agreement With Dimension Therapeutics
02 10월 2017 - 9:30PM
REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq:RGNX) today announced that Dimension
Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMTX) notified REGENXBIO that it has
determined that it has received a “superior proposal” as defined in
the merger agreement under which REGENXBIO would have acquired
Dimension in an all-stock transaction for an implied value of
approximately $3.41 per share based on the closing stock price of
REGENXBIO stock on August 24, 2017.
Late yesterday, Dimension notified REGENXBIO that
its board of directors determined that the recently amended
proposal from Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq:RARE) to
acquire Dimension for $6.00 per share in cash constituted a
“superior proposal” and that Dimension’s board of directors intends
to change its prior recommendation to Dimension’s stockholders to
vote in favor of the proposed merger between REGENXBIO and
Dimension. This notice invoked REGENXBIO’s matching right under the
merger agreement. In response, REGENXBIO notified Dimension that it
will not increase the consideration payable to Dimension
stockholders under the merger agreement and that REGENXBIO has
waived its matching rights. As a result of REGENXBIO’s response,
Dimension has indicated it will terminate the merger agreement and
pay REGENXBIO the $2.85 million termination fee concurrently with
the termination.
“While the strategic rationale for a combination
with Dimension is compelling, we believe our offer represented fair
value and prudently enabled both companies’ shareholders to
participate in the upside of the combined company,” said Kenneth T.
Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer of REGENXBIO. “We take
a disciplined approach to business development and will continue
prioritizing the advancement of our proprietary NAV Technology
Platform and our exciting, potentially life-changing gene therapy
lead product candidates for retinal, metabolic and
neurodegenerative diseases.”
Mr. Mills continued, "At REGENXBIO, our strategy
has always been to accelerate the development of a broad and robust
pipeline of NAV-based gene therapies in an effort to most rapidly
meet the needs of patients suffering from a wide range of rare
genetic diseases. We have done so through our internal lead product
candidates and through partnerships with our many NAV Technology
licensees, including Dimension."
Upon the completion of Ultragenyx’s acquisition of
Dimension, Ultragenyx is expected to become a NAV Technology
Licensee in the seven inherited metabolic disease fields, including
OTC deficiency, GSDa1a and hemophilia A, currently licensed to
Dimension by REGENXBIO. Dimension has one remaining limited option
to an exclusive commercial license for a disease indication that is
available for licensing, which would exclude, among other things,
products under development by REGENXBIO or its NAV Technology
Licensees.
Mr. Mills added, “We wish Ultragenyx and Dimension
well, and we hope that Ultragenyx will use its considerable
experience and resources to advance all of the programs licensed
from REGENXBIO for the benefit of patients in need. We look forward
to working with Ultragenyx to rapidly progress all of Dimension’s
programs as provided for under the terms of our license
agreements.”
About REGENXBIO
REGENXBIO is a leading clinical-stage biotechnology
company seeking to improve lives through the curative potential of
gene therapy. REGENXBIO’s NAV® Technology Platform, a proprietary
adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene delivery platform, consists of
exclusive rights to more than 100 novel AAV vectors, including
AAV7, AAV8, AAV9 and AAVrh10. REGENXBIO and its third-party NAV
Technology licensees are applying the NAV Technology Platform in
the development of a broad pipeline of product candidates in
multiple therapeutic areas.
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Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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about REGENXBIO’s future operations, costs and cash flow. REGENXBIO
has based these forward-looking statements on its current
expectations and assumptions and analyses made by REGENXBIO in
light of its experience and its perception of historical trends,
current conditions and expected future developments, as well as
other factors REGENXBIO believes are appropriate under the
circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments
will conform with REGENXBIO’s expectations and predictions is
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the
timely development and launch of new products, the ability to
obtain and maintain regulatory approval of product candidates, the
ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for
product candidates and technology, trends and challenges in the
business and markets in which REGENXBIO operates, the size and
growth of potential markets for product candidates and the ability
to serve those markets, the rate and degree of acceptance of
product candidates, and other factors, many of which are beyond the
control of REGENXBIO. We refer you to the “Risk Factors” and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” sections of REGENXBIO’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and comparable “Risk
Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” sections of REGENXBIO’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings, which have been
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. All of the
forward-looking statements made in this communication are expressly
qualified by the cautionary statements contained or referred to
herein. The actual results or developments anticipated may not be
realized or, even if substantially realized, they may not have the
expected consequences to or effects on REGENXBIO or its business or
operations. Such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Readers are cautioned not to rely too heavily on the
forward-looking statements contained in this communication. These
forward looking statements speak only as of the date of this
communication. REGENXBIO does not undertake any obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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