LILLY ELI & CO Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement (EDGAR Online)

| Request a Trial to NEW EDGAR Online Pro Form 8-K for LILLY ELI & CO Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Merger Agreement On October 6, 2008, Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation ("Lilly"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with ImClone Systems Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("ImClone"), and Alaska Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lilly (the "Purchaser"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof: _ the Purchaser will commence a tender offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of ImClone, and the associated preferred stock purchase rights (collectively, the "Shares"), at... [read full story]