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PershIng Settles Longs Drug Swaps

Bill Ackman has settled his Longs Drug (LDG) total return swaps with the CVS (CVS) biuyout complete.

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From the filing:
“In connection with the successful tender offer by Blue MergerSub Corp., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corporation, to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer, certain counterparties to Pershing Square’s Swaps have terminated certain of the Swaps. As a result, these Swaps were settled in cash between such parties relating to 2,054,100 notional shares (the “Settled Swaps”). In accordance with the terms of the Settled Swaps, the applicable counterparty was obligated to pay to the applicable Pershing Square Fund any positive price difference between the initial reference price (ranging from $53.41 and $70.36) and the final valuation price ($71.50). As a result of the termination of the Settled Swaps, the Reporting Persons no longer have long economic exposure to an aggregate of 2,054,100 shares. As cash-settled total return swaps, the Reporting Persons had no discretion over the issue of any extraordinary event like a tender offer. Consistent with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s (“ISDA”) protocols, as the calculation agents for extraordinary events, the counterparties exercise the discretion afforded to them as calculation agents, in accordance with the ISDA definitions for equity derivatives and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.”

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