ConvaTec Makes Competing Bid For Wound Care Company Kinetic Concepts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Kinetic Concepts Inc. would have to pay a break-up fee of $51.8 million to its current private equity merger partners if it accepts a superior, rival proposal from ostomy and wound care device maker ConvaTec.
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