TOKYO and NEW DELHI--12 Jun--Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (TSE: 4568.JP) ("Daiichi Sankyo"), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Japan, and Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (NSE/BSE: Ranbaxy/500359) ("Ranbaxy"), among the top 10 generic companies in the world and India's largest pharmaceutical company, announced on June 11 that a binding Share Purchase and Share Subscription Agreement (the "SPSSA") was entered into between Daiichi Sankyo, Ranbaxy and the Singh family, the largest and controlling shareholders of Ranbaxy (the "Sellers"). Pursuant to the Agreement, Daiichi Sankyo will acquire the entire shareholding of the Sellers in Ranbaxy and further seek to acquire the majority of the voting capital of Ranbaxy at a price of Rs737 per share with the total transaction value expected to be between US$3.4 to US$4.6 billion (currency exchange rate: US$1=Rs43). On the post-closing basis, the transaction would value Ranbaxy at US$8.5 billion. For more details, please check full text of the press release from Daiichi Sankyo website: http://www.daiichisankyo.com/ Source: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited Contact: Motomi Takahashi (for Daiichi Sankyo) Dentsu Public Relations Inc. Phone: +81-3-5565-8434 E-mail: [email protected] Ramesh L. Adige (for Ranbaxy) Executive Director- Corporate Affairs and Global Corporate Communications Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Phone: +91-124-4135000 E-mail: [email protected] --Distributed by AsiaNet ( www.asianetnews.net )--