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Express Scripts pays $4.7bn for WellPoint's NextRx business
15 Apr 2009
Executive Summary
Express Scripts announced it will acquire health plan administrator WellPoint's three NextRx pharmacy benefit management subsidiaries--NextRx Inc., NextRx Services Inc., and NextRx LLC--for $4.7bn, or approximately $3.3bn cash plus $1.4bn in Express common stock (based on the market average, this could mean about 29.4mm shares). Express is financing the transaction using money from a debt sale.
Deal Industry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Services
Deal Status
- Final
Deal Type
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Acquisition
- Full Acquisition
- Includes Contract
- Payment Includes Cash
- Payment Includes Stock
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