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Pulling off the AZ gambit

How Pfizer needs to balance stock, cash to pull of AstraZeneca gambit

May 5, 2014 7:00 AM UTC

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) still has room to maneuver if it is really intent on using its bid for AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) to relocate in the more tax-friendly U.K.

The trick is to provide enough cash to win over AZ's shareholders, while also using enough stock to re-domicile in the U.K. Pfizer has missed the mark twice thus far, but still has room to sweeten the cash component...