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Optum UK to buy healthcare software provider EMIS for $1.5 bln

BY Reuters
— 11:13 AM ET 06/17/2022

June 17 (Reuters) - UK healthcare software provider EMIS Group Plc will be acquired by a group led by health services firm Optum UK for about 1.24 billion pounds ($1.51 billion), the companies said on Friday.

The 1,925 pence-per-share, all-cash offer represents a 49% premium to EMIS' closing price on Thursday.

($1 = 0.8205 pounds) (Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

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