No one is going to play this game.

[Anonymous]

Valeant;s partnership to purchase a company is a new move that everyone is going to now work against. It takes current law and stretches it to the legal/ethical limits.

Government, Communities, employees, CEOs, are now all on guard for this new game. Now the partner hopes more biders come in for Allergan and their stock will rise even higher. The problem is that the game relies on other company CEOs to jump in and make the higher bid. Good companies do not have time for these games and will steer clear.

Also, Allergan and Allergan share holders will compare the bid to the relative value of Allergan stock long-term and determine that the bid is not good enough. The partner will get frustrated as Allergan rejects the takeover and as the short term stock price moves lower it will start to sell and lower its 10% stake. Ultimately they may lose money on this in your face aren't we smart - play on the financial community.

Valeant will gain nothing on this attempted hostile take over. Now everyone (banks included) will now know how far Valeant will go to stretch the currently accepted rules and practices in the financial community and may look at giving out new loans with needed skepticism.

If you try to play a game by your own rules the other players in the game may just pick up and go home.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes. Let's hope the financial community are protected from this evil. The financial community have enough headaches paying multi-billion dollar fines for numerous devious two-faced schemes that went bad and were uncovered.

They will not want to lend money to highly leveraged enterprises with substantial cash flow and straight-up focussed leadership.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes. Let's hope the financial community are protected from this evil. The financial community have enough headaches paying multi-billion dollar fines for numerous devious two-faced schemes that went bad and were uncovered.

They will not want to lend money to highly leveraged enterprises with substantial cash flow and straight-up focussed leadership.

As much as I'd like to believe this, I know it's not realistic. These players will know how much they can cross the line and will gamble on the Feds having bigger fish to fry. If they do get in hot water, they'll put their lawyers into action to delay and appeal every step of the way. If nothing goes their way, they'll reach a settlement for far less than the damages or fraudulent gains all without having to admit wrongdoing.

These are the whales who have the means and willingness to play dirty until the very end. That may not be fair, but it's reality.

 

[Anonymous]

As much as I'd like to believe this, I know it's not realistic. These players will know how much they can cross the line and will gamble on the Feds having bigger fish to fry. If they do get in hot water, they'll put their lawyers into action to delay and appeal every step of the way. If nothing goes their way, they'll reach a settlement for far less than the damages or fraudulent gains all without having to admit wrongdoing.

These are the whales who have the means and willingness to play dirty until the very end. That may not be fair, but it's reality.

That is why I love this company. We can act with impunity and no one is going to do anything to stop it.