Acquisitions and Other Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Other Transactions

Acquisitions and Other Transactions

Upjohn Business Combination Agreement

        On July 29, 2019, the Company, Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”), Upjohn Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pfizer (“Upjohn” or “Newco”), and certain other affiliated entities entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as amended, the “Business Combination Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will combine with Pfizer’s Upjohn Business (the “Upjohn Business”) in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction (the “Combination”). Newco, which will be the parent entity of the combined Upjohn Business and Mylan business, will be renamed “Viatris” effective as of the closing of the Combination. The Upjohn Business is a global, primarily off-patent branded and generic established medicines business, which includes 20 primarily off-patent solid oral dose legacy brands, such as Lyrica, Lipitor, Celebrex and Viagra.

        Prior to the Combination and pursuant to a Separation and Distribution Agreement (as amended, the “Separation Agreement”), dated as of July 29, 2019, between Pfizer and Newco, Pfizer will, among other things, transfer to Newco substantially all of the assets and liabilities comprising the Upjohn Business (the “Separation”) and, thereafter, Pfizer will distribute to Pfizer stockholders all of the issued and outstanding shares of Newco (the “Distribution”). When the Distribution and Combination are completed, Pfizer stockholders as of the record date of the Distribution will own 57% of the outstanding shares of Newco common stock, and Mylan shareholders as of immediately before the Combination will own 43% of the outstanding shares of Newco common stock, in each case on a fully diluted basis. Newco will make a cash payment to Pfizer equal to $12 billion, to be funded with the proceeds of debt incurred by Newco, as partial consideration for the contribution of the Upjohn Business from Pfizer to Newco.

        The consummation of the Combination is subject to the satisfaction (or, if applicable, valid waiver) of various conditions, including (a) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the receipt of regulatory approvals in certain other jurisdictions, (b) the consummation of the Separation and the Distribution in accordance with the terms of the Separation Agreement, (c) the approval of the Combination by Mylan shareholders, (d) the absence of any legal restraint (including legal actions or proceedings pursued by U.S. state authorities in the relevant states) preventing the consummation of the transactions, (e) in the case of Pfizer’s and Newco’s obligations to consummate the transactions, (i) the distribution of $12 billion in cash from Upjohn to Pfizer in accordance with the terms of the Separation Agreement and (ii) the receipt by Pfizer of a U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) ruling and tax opinion of its tax counsel with respect to the Combination, and (f) other customary closing conditions.

On March 17, 2020, Pfizer received the IRS ruling with respect to the Combination, which is generally binding, unless the relevant facts or circumstances change prior to closing. On June 30, 2020, Mylan’s shareholders voted to approve the Combination at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.