Ramsay considering raising bid for Capio – report (translated)
31 JUL 2018
Ramsay Générale de Santé [EPA:GDS] [RGDS], the 50.9% owned French subsidiary of Australia’s Ramsay Health Care Ltd [ASX:RHC], is understood to be considering raising its EUR 661m takeover offer for Swedish competitor Capio [STO:CAPIO], French daily Le Figaro reported. The unsourced report said that Pascal Roche, CEO of RGDS, does not rule out improving the SEK 48.50 per share offer made for Capio, offer that was unanimously rejected by the board of the target.