Roche to make hostile bid for Genentech at $86.50 per share

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Roche has announced plans to tender for all of the shares in Genentech Inc that it doesn’t already own at a price of $86.50 per share. The offer replaces an earlier offer of $89 per share that was rejected by a committee of independent directors advising Genentech on 13 August 2008. Roche said its new offer will be made directly to Genentech’s shareholders.