Oct 18 (Reuters) - iAnthus Capital Holdings Inc IAN.CD :
* IANTHUS AND MPX BIOCEUTICAL ANNOUNCE TRANSFORMATIONAL
COMBINATION, EXPANDS U.S. FOOTPRINT TO 10 STATES
* IANTHUS CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC - MPX SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE
ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE 0.1673 COMMON SHARES OF IANTHUS FOR EACH COMMON SHARE
OF MPX HELD
* IANTHUS CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC - DEAL FOR APPROXIMATELY
$1.28 PER
MPX COMMON SHARE
* IANTHUS CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC - DEAL VALUED AT $835 MILLION
* IANTHUS CAPITAL - UPON DEAL CLOSE, BOARD OF COMBINED CO TO
BE
INCREASED TO 7 DIRECTORS, WITH 3 DIRECTORS BEING NOMINATED BY
MPX
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