June 13, 2023 | Health Care | North America | Active
On 3-May-23, home health and hospice group Amedisys agreed an all-stock merger with home care provider Option Care Health, valuing Amedisys at $3.6bn, or $97.38 per share on the day. Based on the 3.0213 merger ratio, the consideration represents a 26% premium to the previous day’s close and is set to provide Amedisys shareholders with 35.5% ownership of the combined company, with Option Care shareholders owning the remaining 64.5%. On 5-Jun-23, in a surprise development, UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH US) Optum unit announced its own bid for Amedisys, confirming that it had submitted an all-cash $100 per share proposal on 26-May-23. Amedisys’ board responded that ...
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