Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Adopts Stockholder Rights Agreement
The rights will be exercisable only if a person or group acquires 15% or
more of the company's outstanding common stock. Each right will entitle
stockholders to buy one one-thousandth of a share of a new series of
junior participating preferred stock at an exercise price of
In addition, at any time after a person or group acquires 15% of the company's outstanding common stock (unless such person or group acquires 50% or more), the company's board of directors may exchange one share of the company's common stock for each outstanding right (other than rights owned by such person or group, which would have become void).
Prior to the distribution by the company of the rights to the company's
stockholders, which will take place ten business days after acquisition
by a person or group of beneficial ownership of 15% of the company's
common stock, the rights are redeemable for
The dividend distribution was made on
A copy of the stockholder rights plan will be contained in a Form 8-K to
be filed with the
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