3. BIOVAIL MERGER WITH VALEANT Description of the Transaction On September 28, 2010, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Biovail acquired all of the outstanding equity of Valeant in a share transaction, in which each share of Valeant common stock was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 1.7809 Biovail common shares. The share consideration was valued at $26.35 per share based on the market price of Biovail's common shares as of the Merger Date. In addition, immediately preceding the effective time of the Merger, Valeant paid its stockholders a special dividend of $16.77 per share (the "pre-Merger special dividend") of Valeant common stock. As a result of the Merger, Valeant became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Biovail. On December 22, 2010, the Company paid a post-Merger special dividend of $1.00 per common share (the "post-Merger special dividend"). The post-Merger special dividend comprised aggregate cash paid of $297.6 million and 72,283 shares issued to shareholders that elected to reinvest in additional common shares of the Company through a special dividend reinvestment plan, which plan was terminated following payment of the post-Merger special dividend. Valeant is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products. Valeant's specialty pharmaceutical and over-the-counter ("OTC") products are marketed under brand names and are sold in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where Valeant focuses most of its efforts on the dermatology and neurology therapeutic classes. Valeant also has branded generic and OTC operations in Europe and Latin America, which focus on pharmaceutical products that are bioequivalent to original products and are marketed under company brand names. Basis of Presentation The transaction has been accounted for as a business combination under the acquisition method of accounting, which requires, among other things, the share consideration transferred be measured at the acquisition date based on the