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Amryt to acquire Chiasma Inc and with it Mycapssa

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Published:6th May 2021
Amryt announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Chiasma, Inc. in an all-stock combination.
Amryt announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Chiasma, Inc. in an all-stock combination. The combined company will be a global leader in rare and orphan diseases with three on-market commercial products, a global commercial and operational footprint and a significant development pipeline of therapies with the financial flexibility to execute its growth plans. The transaction has been approved and recommended by the Boards of both Amryt and Chiasma.Under the terms of the transaction, each share of Chiasma common stock issued and outstanding prior to the consummation of the transaction will be exchanged for 0.396 Amryt American Depositary Shares each representing five Amryt ordinary shares. As of the close of trading on May 4, 2021 Amryt’s ordinary shares on AIM were £2.00 ($2.78) per share and Amryt’s ADS’s on Nasdaq were $12.95 (£9.31) per ADS. Amryt already has in place the infrastructure, expertise and the financial flexibility to realize the full potential of Mycapssa globally and further develop life-cycle management opportunities to expand the benefits of Mycapssa to other patient populations including NET. The transaction is expected to accelerate and diversify Amryt’s growing revenues and Amryt expects to deliver estimated annual cost synergies of approximately $50 million.
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