Pacific Smiles backs NDC proposal after Genesis ups offer to match
Adds details and background from paragraph 2 onwards
July 29 (Reuters) -Australia's Pacific Smiles PSQ.AX on Monday said it continues to recommend shareholders to vote for the takeover offer from National Dental Care (NDC) after rival bidder Genesis Capital raised its bid to match NDC's A$303 million ($198.56 million)offer.
Genesis Capital, a private equity firm, is now offering A$1.90 for every Pacific Smiles share it does not already own, matching National Dental Care's bid of A$1.90 per share.
The Genesis bid values the dental-care firm at A$303.2 million. The A$1.90 offer represents a near 3% premium to Pacific's last closing share price.
At the time that Pacific accepted the offer from NDC, the board indicated that investors should vote for the deal unless there was a "superior proposal" emerging.
The company's board and its advisers are assessing the Genesis revised offer, Pacific said, including whether it counts as a "superior proposal."
($1 = 1.5260 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
