Amryt Pharma shareholders approve acquisition by Chiesi Farmaceutici

Amryt Pharma (AMYT) announced that all resolutions presented to shareholders at today’s shareholder meetings held to consider and vote on the proposed acquisition of Amryt by Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., were duly passed. The waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to the transaction has expired. The closing of the transaction remains subject to certain other regulatory approvals and the satisfaction or waiver of certain other customary closing conditions, including obtaining the sanction of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. Amryt expects the transaction will close in the second quarter of 2023.