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Takeda Shareholders Agree To $60 Bil Shire Acquisition

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TOKYO  -  Shareholders at Japanese drug giant Takeda on Wednesday approved a plan to buy Irish pharmaceuticals firm Shire in a deal worth around $60 billion, the biggest foreign takeover ever by a Japanese firm.

A group of rebel investors, including members of the founding family, tried to thwart the deal but were outvoted at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting held in the western city of Osaka where the company has its headquarters.

The scheme was "approved as originally proposed", said a statement from Takeda, adding it should come into effect in early January -- pending approval from Shire shareholders, who are to vote on the merger plan later Wednesday in Dublin.

The deal, which will create one of the world's top 10 drug companies, caps a lengthy courtship by Takeda of its larger rival as it seeks to expand overseas.

"We are delighted that our shareholders have given their strong support to our acquisition of Shire," said Takeda CEO Christophe Weber.

Analysts have said the buyout would be a smart move by Takeda as it looks to diversify, and could pay off in the long-term, but it has also raised concerns that the Japanese firm could be overextending itself financially.

Takeda plans to finance the 46-billion-pound ($58.4 billion) buyout through issuing new shares in exchange for Shire stock, bank loans and bond issuance.

The buyout is the latest in a flurry of merger and acquisition activity in the pharmaceutical industry as traditional players see profits eroded by competition from generic medicines.

Japanese firms in particular are facing pressure domestically as the government tries to cut prices of many branded drugs and increase the focus on cheaper generics to curb health spending as the population ages rapidly.

Takeda, led by Frenchman Weber, has been actively looking overseas for acquisitions. In 2011, it took over Swiss rival Nycomed for 9.6 billion euros ($13.6 billion at the time).

Analysts have described Shire as an attractive target for Takeda, with a portfolio of existing treatments in fields where the barriers to entry are high and profits large.

In particular, Shire will give Takeda access to research and development in fields the Japanese firm has long sought, including digestive systems, mental illness and rare diseases.

The new firm would be "more competitive, agile, highly profitable, and therefore more resilient... poised to deliver highly innovative medicines and transformative care to patients around the world", said Weber.

The deal is by far the largest acquisition of a foreign firm by a Japanese company, dwarfing SoftBank Group's 2016 acquisition of Britain's ARM Holdings in a $24.3 billion deal.

It falls well short, however, of breaking international records.


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