NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadeem
Faruqi, founding partner at Faruqi & Faruqi,
LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the
Board of Directors of ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("ARIAD" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:ARIA) for potential breaches of fiduciary
duties in connection with the sale of the Company to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited for approximately $5.2 billion. The Company's stockholders will only receive $24.00 in cash for
each share of ARIAD's common stock they own.
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The investigation focuses on whether ARIAD's Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders
by failing to conduct a fair sales process and whether and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the
detriment of ARIAD's shareholders.
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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is working together in this investigation with Juan E. Monteverde from
Monteverde & Associates PC.
If you own common stock in ARIAD and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please
visit us at www.faruqilaw.com/ARIA or contact Nadeem Faruqi, Esq. either via e-mail at nfaruqi@faruqilaw.com or by telephone at (877) 247-4292 or (212) 983-9330. You may also contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq. either via email at jmonteverde@monteverdelaw.com or by telephone at (212)
971-1341.
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