Forian Receives Unsolicited Proposal from CEO to be Taken Private
NEWTOWN, PA, August 25, 2025 - Forian Inc. (NASDAQ:FORA) ("Forian" or the "Company"), a leading provider of data science driven information and analytics solutions to the life science, healthcare and financial services industries, announced today that its Board of Directors has received an unsolicited, preliminary, non-binding proposal letter, dated August 25, 2025, from a group led by Forian founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Max Wygod, to take the Company private at a proposed purchase price of $2.10 per share to the Company's other shareholders. Mr. Wygod and the other participants in the proposal, including inside directors Adam Dublin and Shahir Kassam-Adams, beneficially own approximately 63% of the Company's common stock.
The Company's Board of Directors has established a Special Committee consisting of independent directors. The Special Committee with its advisors will evaluate the proposal and determine the appropriate course of action and process.
The proposal will be conditioned on, among other things, the receipt of financing for the transaction, the negotiation and execution of satisfactory employment agreements and a definitive acquisition agreement as well as approval of the proposal by the Special Committee and the acquisition (including by tender) of a majority of the shares of the Company's common stock.
There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be received, that any definitive acquisition agreement will be executed relating to the proposal or that this or any other transaction will be approved or consummated. The Company does not undertake any obligation to provide any updates with respect to this or any other transaction, except as required under applicable law.
A copy of Mr. Wygod's letter to the Board is attached as an exhibit to this press release.
About Forian
Forian provides a unique suite of data management capabilities and proprietary information and analytics solutions to optimize and measure operational, clinical and financial performance for customers within the traditional and emerging life sciences and healthcare payer and provider segments and, with its recent acquisition of Kyber Data Science, the financial services industry. Forian has industry leading expertise in acquiring, integrating, normalizing and commercializing large scale healthcare data assets. Forian's information products overlay sophisticated data management and data science capabilities on top of a comprehensive clinical data lake to identify unique relationships, create distinctive information assets and generate proprietary insights.