First Manhattan Issues Statement: Objects to Adjournment of VIVUS Annual Meeting

First Manhattan Co. (“FMC”), an owner-managed and operated investment advisory firm and the owner of approximately 9.9 percent of the outstanding shares of VIVUS, Inc. (“Vivus”) (NASDAQ: VVUS ), today issued the following statement in response to Vivus adjourning their Annual Meeting of Stockholders: “First Manhattan vigorously objects to the actions taken by