Kezar Board Unanimously Rejects Unsolicited Concentra Proposal and Adopts Limited Duration Stockholder Rights Plan
Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:KZR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel small molecule therapeutics to treat unmet needs in immune-mediated diseases, today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has unanimously rejected the previously disclosed unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Concentra Biosciences, LLC ("Concentra") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Kezar for cash consideration of $1.10 per share, plus a contingent value right that represents the right to receive 80% of the net proceeds from any out-license or disposition of Kezar's development programs or intellectual property.
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