Allergan (NYSE:AGN), an innovative pharmaceutical company best known for developing Botox, reduced the return by 41 basis points as the stock dropped 13.8% from $268.03 to $231.09. The shares sank after Pfizer terminated its plans to acquire Allergan for $160 billion. Pfizer walked away from the deal because of new rules from the U.S. Treasury that prevent tax-lowering corporate inversions. We used the stock’s weakness to increase our position, since Allergan has an attractive collection of durable brands. We also like the fact that the company is in the process of selling its generic drug unit to Teva for $40 billion, which will enable Allergan to repurchase stock, pay down debt and acquire innovative drug companies.
From Jerome Dodson (Trades, Portfolio)'s Parnassus Fund second quarter 2016 commentary.
