ONO Enters into a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
OSAKA, Japan, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ONO Pharmaceutical, Co., Ltd., (TSE: 4528, Representative Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer: Gyo Sagara, “ONO”) and Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCPH, Chief Executive Officer: Steven L. Hoerter, “Deciphera”) today announced that on April 29, 2024 (Japan time), ONO and Deciphera entered into a definitive merger agreement under which ONO will acquire all outstanding shares of Deciphera common stock for US $ 25.60 per share in cash through a tender offer followed by a merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of ONO with and into Deciphera with Deciphera surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of ONO (the “Acquisition”). The total equity value of the Acquisition is approximately US $ 2.4 billion, assuming that there are approximately 94.7 million outstanding shares of Deciphera common stock on a fully diluted basis. The purchase price represents a premium of 74.7% to Deciphera’s closing share price of US $14.65 on April 26, 2024, and a premium of 68.8% to Deciphera’s 30 trading day volume weighted average price as of April 26, 2024. The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the Acquisition.