PLAINSBORO, N.J., Jan. 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:IART), a global leader in medical technology, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Integra Derma, Inc., is commencing a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding common and preferred shares of Derma Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSCI) at an offer price of $7.00 per share for Derma Sciences’ common stock, $32.00 per share for Derma Sciences’ Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and $48.00 per share for Derma Sciences’ Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated January 25, 2017 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 10, 2017, among Integra, Offeror and Derma Sciences (the “Merger Agreement”), which Integra and Derma Sciences previously announced on January 10, 2017.
The tender offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, unless the offer period is extended or earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Expiration Date”). Offeror is required to extend the offer period for any period required by applicable law or rules and regulations of the SEC and for one or more periods of up to ten business days each until, and including, July 15, 2017, if at the Expiration Date any of the conditions to the tender offer have not been satisfied.
There is no financing condition to the tender offer. The obligation of Offeror to pay for shares tendered pursuant to the tender offer is conditioned on the tender and acceptance of that number of shares that, together with the number of shares (if any) then owned by Integra, represents at least a majority of (i) the voting power of all outstanding common and preferred shares, voting together as a single class, (ii) the outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and (iii) the outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as well as other customary conditions. Following the completion of the tender offer, Integra expects to consummate a second-step merger at the same per-share price paid in the tender offer for shares not purchased in the tender offer.
D.F. King & Co., Inc. is acting as information agent and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc. is acting as depositary and paying agent in the tender offer. Requests for documents and questions regarding the tender offer may be directed to information agent by telephone at (800) 290-6424.
About Integra
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a world leader in medical technology, is dedicated to limiting uncertainty for clinicians, so they can concentrate on providing the best patient care. Integra offers innovative solutions, including leading plastic and regenerative technologies, in specialty surgical solutions, orthopedics and tissue technologies. For more information, please visit www.integralife.com.
