Britain’s Clinigen Group Plc has agreed to a sweetened takeover offer by UK-based private equity firm Triton, valuing the pharmaceutical services firm at about 1.3 billion pounds ($1.78 billion).
New York-based Elliott, which had been raising its holding in Clinigen over the past few months amid reports it was seeking a break-up of the group, owns a 10.5% stake in the British company, according to Refintiv Eikon data.
Triton’s first offer made in December valued Clinigen, which provides healthcare professionals and their patients with access to medicines, at about 1.2 billion pounds.
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