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Anthem's Board Recommends Shareholders To Vote For Cigna Deal - Quick Facts

Anthem, Inc. (ANTM) announced that Glass Lewis & Co., a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has joined Institutional Shareholder Services and Egan-Jones Proxy Services in recommending that Anthem shareholders vote to approve the issuance of Anthem stock in the proposed acquisition of Cigna Corp. (CI) at the Special Meeting of Shareholders.

Anthem's Board recommended that its shareholders vote for the proposal to issue Anthem common stock to acquire Cigna, which is necessary to complete the transaction.

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