SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) ("Halozyme" or the "Company") today announced it has withdrawn its non-binding proposal to acquire Evotec SE (NASDAQ: EVO) ("Evotec") for €11.00 per share in cash, implying a fully diluted equity value of €2.0 billion.
Helen Torley, president and chief executive officer of Halozyme, shared the following statement:
"We continue to believe that a combination of Halozyme and Evotec would create a leading, differentiated, global pharma services company, benefitting shareholders, patients and employees. However, to date, Evotec has been unwilling to engage with us to explore a potential combination and a company spokesperson has publicly commented that its goal is to remain an independent company. As a result, we are withdrawing our proposal to acquire Evotec for €11.00 per share in cash.
In the months leading to our proposal, we engaged in extensive external diligence, and we sought to engage with Evotec in a discussion about our vision and the benefits for the combination. Early on, we had informal discussions with a member of the Supervisory Board and communicated our interest in exploring a potential business combination. Subsequently, we sought to earnestly engage Evotec's Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board on Halozyme's vision, and our thoughts as to the many benefits of the transaction; regrettably, our multiple requests to meet were not accepted. Thus, a formal bona fide proposal to the CEO was the only way to convey that our interest in exploring a potential transaction was strong, credible and well informed. It has now become evident that there is no interest at this time on the part of Evotec's Supervisory and Management Boards to engage constructively with Halozyme and explore a potential transaction.
We will continue advancing our mission to improve the patient treatment experience and we are confident in Halozyme's future. We believe that we are well-positioned to execute our existing strategy with clear line of sight to 10 approved products with ENHANZE in 2025 and $1 billion of royalty revenue in 2027, continuing to deliver tremendous value for all stakeholders. We reiterate our recently raised 2024 guidance for revenue of $970-$1,020 million and adjusted EBITDA of $595-$625 million, representing significant double-digit growth, as we maintain strong momentum entering 2025."
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About Halozyme
Halozyme is a biopharmaceutical company advancing disruptive solutions to improve patient experiences and outcomes for emerging and established therapies. As the innovators of ENHANZE drug delivery technology with the proprietary enzyme rHuPH20, Halozyme's commercially-validated solution is used to facilitate the subcutaneous delivery of injected drugs and fluids, with the goal of improving the patient experience with rapid subcutaneous delivery and reduced treatment burden. Having touched more than 800,000 patient lives in post-marketing use in eight commercialized products across more than 100 global markets, Halozyme has licensed its ENHANZE technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Roche, Takeda, Pfizer, Janssen, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, argenx, ViiV Healthcare, Chugai Pharmaceutical and Acumen Pharmaceuticals.
Halozyme also develops, manufactures and commercializes, for itself or with partners, drug-device combination products using its advanced auto-injector technologies that are designed to provide commercial or functional advantages such as improved convenience, reliability and tolerability, and enhanced patient comfort and adherence. The Company has two commercial proprietary products, Hylenex and XYOSTED, partnered commercial products and ongoing product development programs with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals. Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA and has offices in Ewing, NJ and Minnetonka, MN. Minnetonka is also the site of its operations facility.
