Inverness expands with HemoSense deal
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltham, Massachusetts) has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase point-of-care diagnostic company HemoSense. The all-stock deal, which is subject to shareholder approval and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007, will see each holder of a HemoSense share receive 0.274192 shares of Inverness common stock - an approximate 38% premium over the average trading prices of both companies for the last five trading days.