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Abbott Acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics Clears U.S. Antitrust Review

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, February 25th, 2009

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) applicable to Abbott's cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) expired last night at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

The expiration of the HSR waiting period satisfies one of the conditions necessary for the consummation of the tender offer. The tender offer is scheduled to expire at midnight Eastern time on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, unless the tender offer is extended. Consummation of the tender offer remains subject to other customary conditions, including European Commission merger control...

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