Revance Therapeutics, Inc.
Corporate Governance / Derivative
Overview
- Date:
- 3/6/2025
- Company Name:
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.
- Stock Symbol:
- RVNC
- Class Period:
- FROM 2/29/2024 TO 12/6/2024
- Status:
- Filed
- Filing Date:
- 1/3/2025
- Court:
- U.S. District Court: Middle District of Tennessee
Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, is investigating potential claims against Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVNC) on behalf of long-term stockholders following a class action complaint that was filed against Revance on January 3, 2025 with a Class Period from February 29, 2024 to December 6, 2024. Our investigation concerns whether the board of directors of Revance have breached their fiduciary duties to the company.
Revance is a biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes neuromodulators for various aesthetic and therapeutic indications in the United States ("U.S.") and internationally.
In January 2020, Revance entered into a distribution agreement (the "Distribution Agreement") with Teoxane SA ("Teoxane"), pursuant to which Teoxane granted Revance "the exclusive right to import, market, promote, sell and distribute Teoxane's line of Resilient Hyaluronic Acid® dermal fillers, which include: (i) the RHA® Collection of dermal fillers and (ii) the RHA® Pipeline Products in the U.S., U.S. territories and possessions, in exchange for 2,500,000 shares of [Revance] common stock" and certain other commitments by Revance. In addition, under the Distribution Agreement, Revance is required to meet certain minimum purchase obligations and certain minimum expenditure requirements and either party may terminate the Teoxane Agreement in the event of "a material breach by the other party, including certain specified breaches that include the right for Teoxane to terminate the Teoxane Agreement for [Revance's] failure to meet the minimum purchase requirements or commercialization expenditure during specified periods, or for [Revance's] breach of the exclusivity obligations" under the Distribution Agreement.
In August 2024, Revance and Crown Laboratories, Inc. ("Crown"), a privately held marketer and manufacturer of skincare products, jointly announced that they had entered into a merger agreement (the "Merger Agreement") pursuant to which the companies would seek to merge. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Crown would commence a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to acquire all outstanding shares of Revance's common stock for $6.66 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of $924 million.
The Complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Revance was in material breach of the Distribution Agreement; (ii) the foregoing subjected the Company to an increased risk of litigation, as well as monetary and reputational harm; (iii) all the foregoing increased the risk that the Tender Offer would be delayed and/or amended; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On September 23, 2024, Revance disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that it "received a notice to remedy alleged material breaches, including breaches of the maximum levels of buffer stock and required efforts to promote and sell Teoxane products, under the Company's exclusive distribution agreement with Teoxane SA". Due to the dispute with Teoxane, Revance advised that Crown's Tender Offer had been delayed until at least October 4, 2024.
On this news, Revance's stock price fell $0.445 per share, or 7.66%, to close at $5.365 per share on September 23, 2024.
Then, on December 9, 2024, Revance disclosed in an SEC filing that Crown and Revance had amended their merger agreement, and that Crown would shortly commence a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Revance's common stock for $3.10 per share in cash-a drop of over 50% in the purchase price.
Market analysts were quick to comment on the reduced Tender Offer purchase price. For example, on December 9, 2024, Reuters published an article entitled "Revance agrees to lower take-private offer by Crown Labs," which quoted an analyst from the investment banking firm Stifel as stating "[t]his significant devaluation is a reflection of multiple forced errors, starting with the failed launch strategy for Daxxify and ensuing reputational damage to Revance's relationships to the surprise merger announcement near all-time lows, then leading to accusations of breach of contract with Teoxane."
On this news, Revance's stock price fell $0.79 per share, or 20.68%, to close at $3.03 per share on December 9, 2024.
If you are a long-term stockholder of Revance, have information, would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Brandon Walker or Marion Passmore by email at investigations@bespc.com, by telephone at (212) 355-4648, or by filling out the form below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Case Updates
Retainer Agreement
In making this agreement, BESPC is relying upon your representation that you held the Company’s shares during the period from 2/29/2024 to 12/6/2024 (the “Relevant Period”) and that you continue to hold Company shares. Please provide us with documentation of your trading history in the Company’s stock by emailing a relevant copies of your brokerage statements to investigations@bespc.com. If you have any questions or need assistance, please call us at (212) 308-5858.
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Your Responsibilities as a Representative Plaintiff
As a representative plaintiff, you will have a duty to represent the interests of similarly situated shareholders and to participate in the prosecution of this litigation. You may also be asked to provide documents concerning your trading in Company stock and may be asked to sit for a deposition. Accordingly, you should preserve all documents that relate to this case until it has concluded or we inform you otherwise. Relevant documents include any information you have about the Company or your trading in Company stock, no matter how it is recorded or who is keeping it for you. If you have any questions about whether information should be retained, please contact us.You will have an obligation to remain knowledgeable about the litigation and participate in decisions concerning the progress of the litigation. If BESPC is appointed as lead counsel or in a similar capacity in the action, we will provide you with copies of all pleadings in the litigation for your review and approval, circumstances permitting, before they are filed with the court. BESPC will also promptly advise you of any significant developments in the litigation.
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Other Actions
It is possible that you will not be appointed as a lead plaintiff in the action. However, we may wish to represent you in other litigation related to the wrongful acts giving rise to this case. In such event, we will contact you to discuss the scope of such representation and obtain your approval before moving forward. You also agree that we may contact you with respect to other potential matters on your behalf.No Special Treatment
You understand that in the event we secure a recovery, you will not receive any special treatment or receive a greater share of any recovery based on your service as a named plaintiff. However, we may ask the Court to approve an additional award to you to compensate you for the time and effort you expend on this matter. Any such award is solely within the discretion of the Court.
Settlement
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Termination of This Agreement
If you are not chosen as a representative plaintiff and we do not choose to pursue other related litigation on your behalf, we will provide you with notification and this Agreement shall terminate. Otherwise, this Agreement shall remain in effect until the conclusion of the relevant litigation. However, you may terminate this Agreement at any time. Upon termination, BESPC’s files and papers compiled in connection with its investigation and prosecution of this matter constitute the work product and property of BESPC over which it has complete control with respect to its use and/or disclosure.
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