Take­da CEO Christophe We­ber fi­nal­ly clos­es on his $62B deal to buy Shire — now he has to con­vince share­hold­ers and slash jobs

Take­da CEO Christophe We­ber has fi­nal­ly closed his $62 bil­lion deal to buy out Shire. Now comes an even hard­er part.

The two com­pa­nies an­nounced the pact overnight, with Shire’s board ac­cept­ing We­ber’s of­fer of £49 a share, which val­ues the com­pa­ny at £46 bil­lion. Now he’ll have to sell it to share­hold­ers — which is not a giv­en af­ter Take­da saw its mar­ket cap plunge more than 20% dur­ing the talks.

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