Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. (PZZ) announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired for $8.50 per share in cash by an entity sponsored by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. in which certain stockholders of Prospect will also participate. The total transaction value is about $363 million, including the assumption of about $158 million in Prospect's net debt.
The merger price represents a 38.9% premium over the closing sale price of Prospect shares on August 13, 2010, and a 29.4% premium to the volume weighted-average closing sale price of about $6.57 during the 30 trading days prior to that date.
Under the merger agreement, Prospect has the right to solicit competing acquisition proposals from third parties during the 40-day period ending September 25, 2010.
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