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WellCare Health to buy Universal American for $600 mln

Friday, November 18, 2016

Health insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc said on Thursday it would buy smaller peer Universal American Corp for about $600 million.

WellCare will pay about $10 per Universal American share in cash, representing a 12.5 percent premium to the stock's Wednesday close.

WellCare said it would also assume about $200 million in Universal American's preferred shares and convertible debt.

 

Source : finance.yahoo.com