EX-99.2 3 a11-23391_2ex99d2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Receives Unsolicited Proposal from

MSMB Capital Management

 

LEXINGTON, Mass. — August 02, 2011:  AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) today announced the receipt of an unsolicited proposal from MSMB Capital Management (“MSMB”) to acquire all of AMAG’s outstanding stock for $18 per share in cash. AMAG’s Board of Directors will carefully consider and evaluate the MSMB proposal in due course and will inform AMAG stockholders of its position.

 

About AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a therapeutic iron compound to treat iron deficiency anemia. For additional company information, please visit www.amagpharma.com.

 

Additional Information and Where You Can Find It

 

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. The proposed merger between AMAG and Allos Therapeutics, Inc. will be submitted to the respective stockholders of AMAG and Allos for their consideration.

 

AMAG will file a Registration Statement on Form S-4 containing a joint proxy statement/prospectus of Allos and AMAG and other documents concerning the proposed acquisition with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Investors are urged to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available and other relevant documents filed with the SEC because they will contain important information. Security holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement/prospectus (when it is available) and other documents filed by Allos and AMAG with the SEC at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents may also be obtained for free by contacting Allos’ Investor Relations by e-mail at investorrelations@allos.com, by telephone at (303) 426-6262 or by mail at Investor Relations, Allos Therapeutics, Inc., 11080 CirclePoint Road, Suite 200, Westminster, CO 80020 or by contacting AMAG’s Investor Relations by e-mail at cmiceli@amagpharma.com, by telephone at (617) 498-3361 or by mail at Investor Relations, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 100 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421.

 

Allos, AMAG, certain of their respective directors, executive officers, members of management and employees may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed merger. Information regarding Allos’ directors and executive officers and their beneficial ownership of Allos’ common stock is also set forth in Allos’ annual proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 29, 2011. This document is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by going to Allos’ Investors page on its corporate website at http://www.allos.com. Information concerning AMAG’s directors and executive officers and their beneficial ownership of AMAG’s common stock is set forth in AMAG’s annual proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 18, 2011. This document is available free of charge at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by going to

 



 

AMAG’s Investors page on its corporate website at http://www.amagpharma.com. Additional information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed “participants” in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed merger, and a description of their direct and indirect interests in the proposed merger, which may differ from the interests of Allos’ investors or AMAG’s investors generally, will be set forth in the joint proxy statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC.

 

Contact:

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals

Carol Miceli, 617-498-3361

 

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

Tim Lynch / Annabelle Rinehart, 212 355 4449