Allergan must prove it will be irreparably harmed by PS Fund 1 voting Allergan must prove preventing PS Fund 1 from voting would serve the public interest Allergan must prove that enjoining PS Fund 1 from voting would prevent more harm than it would cause Allergan must prove it has standing, despite contrary Brody holding Allergan must prove that Valeant and Pershing Square took substantial steps towards a tender offer before April 21 Allergan must prove Pershing Square and Valeant are not co-offerors Allergan must prove that, despite its many public disclosures since April 22, shareholders lack the necessary information to vote Allergan must not have unclean hands
Valeant And Pershing Squares Proposals Cannot Irreparably Harm Allergan Source: Allergan October 7, 2014 Schedule 14A Gallagher On Irreparable Harm In Fact, Allergans Bylaws Are Clear: They Grant Each Shareholder Unconditional Voting Rights Source: PI Opp. Ex. 34 In Fact, Allergans Bylaws Are Clear: They Grant Each Shareholder Unconditional Voting Rights Source: PI Opp. Ex. 34 Mr. Gallagher Was Wrong. The Bylaws Mr. Gallagher References Relate Only To Requests To Call A Special Meeting, Not The Right To Vote At A Meeting
Source: PI Opp. Ex. 34 At A September 12 Hearing In Delaware, Chancellor Bouchard Criticized Allergans Special Meeting Bylaws Source: PI Opp. Ex. 89 At A September 12 Hearing In Delaware, Chancellor Bouchard Criticized Allergans Special Meeting Bylaws Source: PI Opp. Ex. 89 The Special Meeting Is Now A Non-issue: Allergan Stipulated To Hold It On December 18, 2014 Source: PI Opp. Ex. 35 The Special Meeting Is Now A Non-issue: Allergan Stipulated To Hold It On December 18, 2014 Source: PI Opp. Ex. 35 Valeant And Pershing Squares Proposals Cannot Irreparably Harm Allergan Proposal 1: Remove six members of Allergans Board
Proposal 2: A non-binding request to appoint six nominees recommended by Valeant and Pershing Square
Proposals 3-7: Amend and repeal certain Allergan bylaws
Proposal 8: A non-binding request to engage with Valeant and Pershing Square Pyott Re Shareholders Know Of Allegations The purpose of the Williams Act is to insure that public shareholders who are confronted by a cash tender for their stock will not be required to respond without adequate information. June 23 June 24 Sept. 2 June 30 June 30 July 8 July 10 July 10 July 14 July 15 July 14 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 21 July 24 Aug. 1 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 11 Aug. 25 Aug. 27 Sept. 16 Oct. 7 ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Kahn, 2 F.3d 484, 489 (2d Cir. 1993). June 18 June 24 June 27 June 27 June 30 June 30 June 30 June 30 July 8 July 10 July 10 July 14 July 14 July 14 July 14 July 14 July 14 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 21 July 21 July 21 July 23 July 23 July 24 July 29 Aug. 5 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 8 Aug. 11 Aug. 22 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 29 Sept. 29 Sept. 29 Sept. 29 Sept. 29 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 15 Oct. 17 Oct. 20 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 21 Oct. 24 JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT Under The Williams Act, The Public Interest Is The Shareholders Interest As the legislation evolved . . . Congress disclaimed any intention to provide a weapon for management to discourage takeover bids, . . . and expressly embraced a policy of neutrality. Edgar v. Mite Corp., 457 U.S. 624, 633 (1982)
Public interest is embodied in the shareholders . . . . [I]t is distinctly in the public interest to maintain the neutrality which Congress has found essential to the proper operation of the market approach for protecting investors embraced by the Williams Act. Martin-Marietta Corp. v. Bendix Corp., 690 F.2d 558, 568 (6th Cir. 1982)
Pyott On Irreparable Harm On July 26, 2014, Mr. Gallagher Wrote ISS A Letter Defending Allergans Bylaws On July 26, 2014, Mr. Gallagher Wrote ISS A Letter Defending Allergans Bylaws In An August 6, 2014 Report, ISS Criticized Allergans Board And Management Source: PI Opp. Ex. 24 In An August 6, 2014 Report, ISS Criticized Allergans Board And Management Source: PI Opp. Ex. 24 ISS Criticized Allergans Board And Management Source: PI Opp. Ex. 24 ISS Criticized Allergans Board And Management Source: PI Opp. Ex. 24 ISS Criticized Allergans Board And Management Source: PI Opp. Ex. 24 ISSs Critique Intensified In October PI Opp. Ex. 22 ISSs Critique Intensified In October PI Opp. Ex. 22 ISSs Critique Intensified In October PI Opp. Ex. 22 Gallagher Re ISS Is Biased JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT Valeant And Pershing Squares Proposal Has Unlocked $19 Billion In Shareholder Value 150.00 90.00 180.00 4/10/14 Market Cap=$35 billion Current Market Cap > $54 billion Value of AGN 4/10/14 - $116.63 Value of AGN 10/23/14 - $184.21 120.00 Pyott R&D Never Discovered One Product Pyott On Cost Cuts On February 12, 2014, CEO David Pyott Sold 252,000 Shares At $123.12: Over $31M In Stock Source: Allergan SEC Form 4 On February 12, 2014, CEO David Pyott Sold 252,000 Shares At $123.12: Over $31M In Stock Source: Allergan SEC Form 4 Pyott Stock Was Fairly Valued KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP We conclude that there is no principled distinction between Rules 10b5 and 14e 3 as regards the need for a contemporaneous trading allegation. We therefore extend the contemporaneous trading requirement to insider trading actions brought under Section 14(e) and Rule 14e3 actions.
While Rule 14e3 focuses on the tender offer context, the background history and language of Rule 14e3 indicate that the Rule does not alter the premise that a shareholder must have traded with an insider or have traded at about the same time as an insider to be harmed by the insiders trading.
[A]s is true of the abstain or disclose requirement of Rule 10b5, the similar requirement of Rule 14e3 is designed to prevent the disadvantage that inheres in trading with an insider with superior access to information.
The SECs implementation release for Rule 14e3 evinces a particular concern for those who purchase from or sell to insiders, and suggests that these shareholders, and not others who trade later, are the intended beneficiaries of Rule 14e3.
Brody Held That Only Contemporaneous Stock Traders Can Sue Under Rule 14e3
Brody v. Transitional Hospitals Corporation, 280 F.3d 997 (9th Cir. 2001) Pershing Square And Valeant Took No Substantial Steps Before May 28, 2014 Feb. 9, 2014 Confidentiality Agreement signed Feb. 25, 2014 Relationship Agreement signed Feb. 25, 2014 PS Fund 1 begins purchasing Allergan securities April 22, 2014 Valeant and Pershing Square make first merger proposal May 30, 2014 First Valeant Board vote on Tender Offer Oct. 30, 2014 Shareholder Record date for Special Meeting Dec. 18, 2014 Special Meeting April 21, 2014 PS Fund 1s last purchases of Allergan securities Dkt. No. 194 at 4-10; 25-26; see also Dkt. No. 194-5; 194-9; 194-9; 194-10. June 18, 2014 Tender Offer launched JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Late May - Mid-June RBC and Barclays Begin Work on Tender Offer Commitment Letter Executed May 13, 2014 Pershing Square filed proxy calling for shareholder referendum May 28-30, 2014 Sanford C. Bernstein Conference May 28 & 30, 2014 Valeant and Pershing Square revise merger proposal There Is No Evidence That Defendants Took Substantial Steps Towards A Tender Offer Before May 28, 2014 The unrebutted testimony of six witnesses establishes that Defendants made no steps towards a tender offer prior to the Sanford Bernstein conference on May 28-30, 2014
Ackman (CEO of Pershing Square) Doyle (Member of Pershing Square Investment Team) Pearson (CEO of Valeant) Schiller (CFO of Valeant) Mehta (Barclays) Wolfe (RBC) The key documents corroborate this fact Valeant board minutes Financing commitment documents from RBC and Barclays
Despite receiving 170,000 pages of documents in discovery, and taking seven fact depositions, Allergan provides no contrary evidence Pershing Square And Valeants Partnership To Acquire Allergan Makes Them Co-offering Persons Pershing Square is jointly and severally liable for the entire Tender Offer consideration
Pershing Square agreed to accept only Valeant stock, no cash, if the acquisition occurs
Frees up $2 Billion in additional cash consideration to pay to other Allergan shareholders
If the acquisition occurs, Pershing Square must hold $1.5 billion in Valeant shares for one year
Pershing Square becomes, by way of the acquisition, a large shareholder in a combined Valeant/Allergan entity
If, as Allergan claims, Valeant is a House of Cards, Pershing Square faces substantial losses
Pershing Square agrees to accept Valeant shares at a lower exchange rate Pershing Square agrees to provide $400 million in financing to Valeant On July 3, 2014, SEC Instructed Valeant To Add Pershing Square As A Co-bidder At The SECs Instruction, The Schedule TO Identifies Pershing Square As An Offeror Pyott Pre-Offer Actions On February 7, 2014, BAML Issued A Report Analyzing A Potential Transaction Between Allergan And Valeant Source: AGN-CA00061629-48 Report Analyzes A Valeant Offer For Allergan Of $150 Per Share And Finds $2B in Synergies Source: AGN-CA00061630 Pyott Agreed That BAMLs Numbers Assessing A Transaction Between Valeant And Allergan Were broadly correct AGN-CA00061629 Pyott Sanford Bernstein Comments Pyott And Allergan Declare War Against Valeant And Pershing Square Source: AGN-CA00081437 Source: AGN-DE00023510 In March 2014, Goldman Sachs Added Valeant Stock to Its Conviction Buy list Source: March 7, 2014 Goldman Sachs equity research report In March 2014, Goldman Sachs Added Valeant Stock To Its Conviction Buy List And Set A Price Target Of $164 Source: March 7, 2014 Goldman Sachs equity research report Pyott Re Stock Drop Proctor Pyott Actions Not Appropriate Pyott Re: Valeant is Vile Proctor Re: Valeant Is Vile 8 Hurdles Allergan Must Overcome To Obtain A Preliminary Injunction Allergan must prove it will be irreparably harmed by PS Fund 1 voting Allergan must prove preventing PS Fund 1 from voting would serve the public interest Allergan must prove that enjoining PS Fund 1 from voting would prevent more harm than it would cause Allergan must prove it has standing, despite contrary Brody holding Allergan must prove that Valeant and Pershing Square took substantial steps towards a tender offer before April 21 Allergan must prove Pershing Square and Valeant are not co-offerors Allergan must prove that, despite its many public disclosures since April 22, shareholders lack the necessary information to vote Allergan must not have unclean hands