Dallas 10/7/2010 10:12:03 PM
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Stocks Movers on Mergers and Acquisitions (LGND, LHO, ACE, ITMN)

Stocks Movers on Mergers and Acquisitions (LGND, LHO, ACE, ITMN)

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: LGND) announces the $1.8 million sale of its combinatorial chemical library and associated proprietary technology to Venenum Biodesign, LLC.

Under the terms of the agreement, Ligand will receive $1 million at the close of the transaction, $800,000 over the next two years and 10% of all revenues from third party collaborations for three years.

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LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) announces that $94.5 million acquisition of a leasehold interest in Hotel Roger Williams.

About $0.5 million will be recognized as transaction expenses during the fourth quarter of 2010.

The ACE Group (NYSE: ACE) announced that they have signed an agreement for the $200 million acquisition of Jerneh Insurance Berhad.

Jerneh Insurance Berhad is a general insurance agency in Malaysia.

The transaction is expected to close in Q410.

The addition of Jerneh will be accretive to ACE’s earnings and book value per share and is expected to meet ACE’s return-on-capital hurdle rate, as noted earlier.

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InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) announced that they have sold danoprevir worldwide development and commercialization rights to Hoffman-La Roche Inc. and F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.

Sales price on the transaction was $175 million in cash.

In connection with this transaction, the collaboration agreement that InterMune and Roche entered into in October 2006 has been terminated.

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