Kyphon announces special meeting date for Medtronic vote:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Kyphon has set October 16 2007 as the date for a special meeting during which the company's shareholders will vote on its proposed $3.9bn merger with Medtronic. The deal, first signed at the end of July (see Clinica No 1267, p 2), is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008.
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