Teva announces sale of remaining assets in specialty global women’s health portfolio for $1.38 billion.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced it has entered into two agreements to sell the remaining assets of its specialty global women’s health business for $1.38 billion. Proceeds from these sales, combined with proceeds from the recently announced sale of Paragard total $2.48 billion and will be used by Teva to progress repayment of term loan debt.
Teva has entered into a definitive agreement under which CVC Capital Partners Fund VI will acquire a portfolio of products within its global women’s health business across contraception, fertility, menopause and osteoporosis for $703 million in cash. The portfolio of products, which is marketed and sold outside of the U.S., includes Ovaleap, Zoely, Seasonique, Colpotrophine, Actonel and additional products. Combined annual net sales of Ovaleap, Zoely, Seasonique, Colpotrophine, Actonel, and additional products within this portfolio for the full year 2016 were $258 million.
Teva has also entered into a definitive agreement under which Foundation Consumer Healthcare will acquire Plan B One-Step and Teva’s value brands of emergency contraception, Take Action, Aftera, and Next Choice One Dose for $675 million in cash. Combined annual net sales of Plan B One-Step, Take Action, Aftera, and Next Choice One Dose for the full year 2016 were $140 million.
“Today’s announcement, coupled with the recent announcement of the sale of Paragard for $1.1 billion, demonstrate Teva’s commitment to delivering on our promise to generate net proceeds of at least $2 billion from the divestiture of non-core assets,” stated Dr. Yitzhak Peterburg, Interim CEO. “With these initial divestitures we have exceeded expectations, leveraging the tremendous value we have built within Teva’s specialty business.”
Peterburg continued, “Teva is extremely pleased to enter into these agreements with CVC Capital Partners and Foundation Consumer Healthcare, which progress our ability to repay term loan debt while also providing a clear path forward for these important products to continue to be available to women throughout the world.”
Completion of the transactions is subject to customary conditions, including antitrust clearance in the U.S. and EU respectively, together with employee consultations. The transactions are expected to close before the end of 2017. Until the transactions are completed, Teva will continue to market the products in the normal course, providing full support to manage the business and to meet the needs of customers and patients.
With the divestiture of Teva’s global women’s health products and the planned divestiture of the Oncology and Pain business in Europe, Teva is reinforcing its strategic focus on CNS and Respiratory as its core global therapeutic areas of focus within Global Specialty Medicines. In these areas Teva maintains a strong pipeline and portfolio globally, and will continue to invest in creating long term value.
Morgan Stanley acted as financial advisor to Teva, Ernst & Young served as accounting advisor and Goodwin Procter is Teva’s legal counsel for these transactions.
Rothschild & Co, Royal Bank of Canada, Jeffries LLC and Barclays acted as financial advisors to CVC Capital Partners and Jones Day as CVC’s legal advisors for the transaction.
Foundation Consumer Healthcare is owned by affiliates of Juggernaut Capital Partners and Kelso & Company. Jeffries LLC, Sawaya Segalas & Co., LLC and Barclays acted as financial advisors to Foundation Consumer Healthcare and Robinson Bradshaw are Foundation Consumer Healthcare’s legal counsel for the transaction. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal adviser to Kelso & Company.
(Source: Business Wire)
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