McKesson to Acquire Celesio for €23/Share

McKesson Corporation MCK and Celesio AG, a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, announced… McKesson Corporation [NYSE: MCK] and Celesio AG, a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, announced today that McKesson has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Celesio for €23 per share and to launch parallel voluntary public tender offers for the remaining publicly-traded shares and outstanding convertible bonds of Celesio. The offer price of €23 per share represents a 39% premium over the three-month volume weighted average price prior to the market speculation that began on October 8, 2013. The total transaction, including the assumption of Celesio's outstanding debt, is valued See full press release