With a dead­line loom­ing, Take­da CEO We­ber woos an­a­lysts for sup­port of a Shire buy­out

Shares of Shire surged a bit on Thurs­day as in­vestors ab­sorbed a se­ries of an­a­lysts re­ports un­der­scor­ing Take­da CEO Christophe We­ber’s in­tent of pur­su­ing a Shire takeover. 

In a closed call with an­a­lysts — en­sur­ing no re­porters would be lis­ten­ing in — We­ber in­sist­ed that Take­da could com­plete a take­out, rais­ing its debt load but with­out hurt­ing its div­i­dend pay­ments or in­vest­ment grade rat­ing. And he has some sup­port among the an­a­lysts he’s woo­ing.

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