CHESTERFIELD, United Kingdom
    ,
    Sept. 28, 2015
    /PRNewswire/ -- 
    Mallinckrodt plc
     (NYSE: MNK), a leading specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of
    Therakos, Inc.
    , from
    The Gores Group
    at a purchase price of approximately
    $1.325 billion
    . The Therakos acquisition further broadens
    Mallinckrodt's
    footprint in hospitals – expanding its reach into immunotherapy through extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) and extending the company's presence from multimodal surgical pain management and critical care respiratory therapies in neonatal intensive care units to include innovative therapies that harness the patient's own immune systems to fight disease and improve health.
 
  The all-cash transaction is expected to be accretive by no less than
    $0.10
    per share to
    Mallinckrodt's
    adjusted diluted fiscal 2016 earnings and increasingly accretive thereafter. The company expects fiscal 2015 net sales for Therakos products of
    $185 million to $195 million
    , and anticipates high single-digit growth off that base going forward.
  "This latest transaction demonstrates our ongoing commitment to building a strong, sustainable and profitable Hospital growth business to drive revenue and earnings for shareholders and, through the Therakos® Immunotherapy Systems, provide an immunotherapy treatment for patients who may have exhausted other therapies, with significant potential to treat a variety of complex disease states and conditions," said Mark Trudeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of
    Mallinckrodt
    . "In the past two years we've transformed
    Mallinckrodt
    into a leading specialty biopharmaceutical company built on highly durable growth platforms with a broad and diverse product portfolio, and this acquisition continues that journey." 
  "We are pleased to welcome the Therakos team to
    Mallinckrodt
    and look forward to integrating their commercial operations into the critical care organization within our Hospital Specialty Brands business," Trudeau said. 
  About
    Mallinckrodt plc
    
    
    Mallinckrodt
    is a global specialty biopharmaceutical and medical imaging business that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes specialty pharmaceutical products and medical imaging agents. Areas of focus include therapeutic drugs for autoimmune and rare disease specialty areas like neurology, rheumatology, nephrology, ophthalmology and pulmonology; immunotherapy and neonatal respiratory critical care therapies; and analgesics and central nervous system drugs. The company's core strengths include the acquisition and management of highly regulated raw materials; deep regulatory expertise; and specialized chemistry, formulation and manufacturing capabilities. The company's Specialty Brands segment includes branded medicines; its Specialty Generics segment includes specialty generic drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients and external manufacturing; and the Global Medical Imaging segment includes contrast media and nuclear imaging agents. To learn more about
    Mallinckrodt
    , visit www.mallinckrodt.com.
  About Therakos® Immunotherapy
    Therakos immunotherapy is delivered through the CELLEX® and UVAR XTS® extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) systems. Therakos immunotherapy harnesses the power of each individual patient's immune system to fight disease and is used by academic medical centers, hospitals, and treatment centers in more than 25 countries. Therakos ECP systems are fully integrated and
    FDA
    -approved for the palliative treatment of the skin manifestations of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) in persons who have not been responsive to other forms of treatment. For more information, please visit www.therakos.com.
  Cautionary Statements Related to Forward-Looking Statements 
    Statements in this document that are not strictly historical, including statements regarding, the acquisition of
    Therakos, Inc.
    , future financial condition and operating results, economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting
    Mallinckrodt's
    and Therakos' businesses and any other statements regarding events or developments that we believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future, may be "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
  There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. These factors include risks and uncertainties related to, among other things: general economic conditions and conditions affecting the industries in which
    Mallinckrodt
    and Therakos operate; the commercial success of
    Mallinckrodt's
    products and of Therakos' photopheresis platforms;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to realize anticipated growth, synergies and cost savings from its recently completed acquisitions (including the Therakos acquisition); changes in laws and regulations;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to identify, acquire or close future acquisitions;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to successfully integrate acquisitions of operations, technology, products and businesses generally and to realize anticipated growth, synergies and cost savings (including with respect to the Therakos acquisition);
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to successfully develop or commercialize new products;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to protect intellectual property rights;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to receive procurement and production quotas granted by the
    U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
    ; customer concentration;
    Mallinckrodt's
    reliance on certain individual products that are material to its financial performance; cost containment efforts of customers, purchasing groups, third-party payers and governmental organizations; the reimbursement practices of a small number of public or private insurers; limited clinical trial data for H.P. Acthar® Gel; complex reporting and payment obligations under healthcare rebate programs;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to achieve anticipated benefits of price increases;
    Mallinckrodt's
    ability to achieve expected benefits from restructuring activities; complex manufacturing processes; competition; product liability losses and other litigation liability; ongoing governmental investigations; material health, safety and environmental liabilities; retention of key personnel; conducting business internationally; and the effectiveness of information technology infrastructure.
  These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in the "Risk Factors" section of
    Mallinckrodt's
    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
    September 26, 2014
    and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
    March 27, 2015
    and
    June 26, 2015
    . The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date hereof and
    Mallinckrodt
    does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events and developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
  CONTACTS:
  Investor Relations 
    Coleman N. Lannum, CFA 
    Senior Vice President, Investor Strategy and IRO
    314-654-6649
    cole.lannum@mallinckrodt.com 
  Media
    Rhonda Sciarra
    Communications Manager
    314-654-8618
    rhonda.sciarra@mallinckrodt.com
  Meredith Fischer
    Senior Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs
    314-654-3318 
    meredith.fischer@mallinckrodt.com
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