24th Jan 2020 09:57
(Alliance News) - Medical devices maker Consort Medical PLC said Friday that Swedish peer Recipharm AB has extended the deadline for its GBP505 million acquisition offer to February 4.
The offer was first announced in November 2019, under which a unit of Recipharm will pay 1,010 pence in cash for each Consort share, representing a premium of 39% to Consort's closing stock price of 726p, the day before the announcement.
The proposed deal implies an enterprise value of GBP627 million for Consort.
So far, Recipharm has received irrevocable undertakings to accept its offer from 18.6 million shares, representing 38% of Consort Medical's entire existing share capital.
The acquisition remains conditional on gaining valid acceptances from at least 90% of Consort shareholders.
Shares in Consort Medical - which is based in Hemel Hempstead - remained flat at 1,010.00 pence on Friday in London.
By Dayo Laniyan; [email protected]
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