UNITED STATES
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SCHEDULE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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The following is the text of a memorandum distributed by Animas Corporation on
December 16, 2005.
Talking Points for Customers
- Johnson & Johnson & Animas announced a definitive agreement whereby
Animas will be acquired by Johnson & Johnson
- Animas will be operating as a stand-alone entity reporting into
LifeScan
- Key Facts
- Johnson & Johnson, the largest healthcare company in the world,
known for its integrity & responsibility to patients & HCPs.
- Lifescan, the largest strip & meter company in the US, known for
its excellent customer service.
- Animas, the fastest growing pump company, known for its
innovation and excellent customer support.
- Together, J&J, LifeScan, and Animas will continue to provide
level of patient care and service to healthcare providers.
- The merger of Animas into LifeScan will be the best of both worlds:
- The merger is being structured to allow Animas to maintain its
entrepreneurial and patient-centric focus.
- The resources of J&J will help ensure that Animas will be able to
continue to grow and bring its product pipeline of next
generation syringe pumps, MEMs pumps, and continuous blood
glucose monitoring to the market in a timely manner.
- The combination of Animas with its pumps and LifeScan with its
strips and meters shall allow both entities to better serve
patients and produce better products.
This material is not a substitute for the proxy statement Animas Corporation
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You are urged to read the
proxy statement, when it becomes available, because it will contain important
information. The proxy statement and other documents, which will be filed by
Animas with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will be available free of
charge at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, or by visiting Animas's website at
www.animascorp.com.
Animas and certain of its directors, executive officers and certain other
members of its management may be deemed to be soliciting proxies from Animas's
stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. You may obtain a
detailed list of names, affiliations and interests of Animas participants in the
solicitation of proxies of Animas's stockholders by reading the proxy statement
when it becomes available.