Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Endo International" in English language version.
The company was able to legally reincorporate in Ireland only after completing a deal to buy a foreign-based company using at least 20 percent of its own stock. Endo met that threshold by buying Paladin Labs, a Canadian drug manufacturer, for $1.6 billion in a deal that was finalized Feb. 28.
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The complex deal structure will create a new Irish holding company, which will own both Endo and Paladin, to take advantage of Ireland's low tax rates.
Horizon and other inverted companies are using their new, lower tax rates to turbocharge corporate takeovers. Applying those rates, often in the midteens, to profits of companies in the U.S., with a federal corporate rate of 35%, can yield extra savings on top of those traditionally wrung from mergers. Moreover, unlike the U.S., Ireland and most other countries, only tax profits earned in-country, giving companies the freedom and incentive to shift income to still-lower-tax jurisdictions.
