GlaxoSmithKline Announces Final Settlement of $3B Covered by Existing Legal Provisions Announced in November 2011

GlaxoSmithKline plc GSK today announced that it has reached an agreement with the US Government, multiple states and the District of Columbia to conclude the Company's most significant ongoing Federal government investigations. The final settlement is a result of negotiations which reached agreement in principle in November 2011. GSK will make payments totalling $3bn which are covered by existing provisions and will be funded through existing cash resources. The agreement resolves criminal and civil liabilities related to: an investigation begun by the US Attorney's office of Colorado in 2004 and later taken over by the US Attorney's Office of Massachusetts into GSK's sales and marketing practices for nine products; the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation of possible inappropriate use of the nominal price exception under the Medicaid Rebate Program; and the Department of Justice's investigation of the marketing and regulatory submissions of Avandia.