Health insurance company Cigna Corp. CI, +0.06% said Thursday it will purchase Express Scripts Holding Co. ESRX, +16.14% in a cash-and-stock deal worth $67 billion. The agreement includes Cigna's assumption of about $15 billion in Express Scripts's debt. The transaction consists of $48.75 in cash and 0.2434 shares of stock for each Express Scripts share. The deal represents a premium of 31% to Express Script's closing price of $73.42 on Wednesday. Shares of Express Scripts climbed 16% to $85 in premarket trade. Cigna shares were down 2% in scant premarket volume.
伊坎出來反對併購案,說ESRX買貴了,
可是seeking Alpha的專家說:
I wonder which is Icahn's real strategy. He can't be so stupid to believe that CI shareholders which are 90% of ESRX shareholders will vote down the deal.
For a table of the largest shareholders, see my recent ESRX article: seekingalpha.com/...
These funds already own both companies. If they merged, they would still own them - and get a nice chunk of cash in addition. Why would they vote to own them separately and forego the cash?作者:
powerhouse 時間: 2018-8-14 13:49