Monday, 23 February 2015

South Africa's Bidvest in $515 mln bid for drugmaker Adcock Ingram

A man walks past the Adcock Ingram offices in Johannesburg South Africa's Bidvest Group has offered to buy shares it doesn't already own in drugmaker Adcock Ingram Holdings, it said on Monday, in a deal worth a potential 6 billion rand ($515 million). Bidvest, a conglomerate with businesses ranging from food service to auto show rooms, already owns 34.5 percent of South Africa's second-largest drug maker and has offered 52 rand per share in cash for the remainder. Adcock has the largest share of South Africa's over-the-counter medicines but has been trailing rivals as it struggles to raise sales while grappling with over-reliance on a heavily regulated home market and factories running below capacity.




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