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Valeant Pharmaceuticals Comments On Recent Stock Transactions

July 14, 2016 8:50 AM EDT

LAVAL, Quebec, July 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX and TSX: VRX) ("Valeant" or the 'Company") today commented on recent stock transactions made by Valeant's former chief executive officer, J. Michael Pearson.  The Company understands that Mr. Pearson exercised and sold options representing approximately 4.4 million shares, which would expire within the next 12 months, and sold approximately 411,000 shares of common stock in June and July to satisfy tax obligations with respect to the 2015 margin sale conducted by Goldman Sachs, and for additional liquidity. Mr. Pearson remains a significant Valeant... More