SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors of an Investigation Regarding Whether the Sale of Celgene Corporation to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is Fair to Shareholders

Globe Newswire 4-Jan-2019 11:31 AM

NEW YORK, Jan. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased Celgene Corporation ("Celgene" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:CELG) stock prior to January 3, 2019.

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of Celgene to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY). Under the terms of the transaction, Celgene shareholders will receive 1.0 Bristol-Myers Squibb share and $50.00 in cash for each share of Celgene stock they own. Celgene shareholders will also receive a Contingent Value Right (CVR) equal to $9.00. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

https://www.zlk.com/mna/celgene-corporation-2

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There is no cost or obligation to you.

The Celgene merger investigation concerns whether the Board of Celgene breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is underpaying for Celgene shares, thus unlawfully harming Celgene shareholders.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, Connecticut, California, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities lawsuits and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

CONTACT:

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Toll Free: (877) 363-5972
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com