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Grifols SA / Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.

2010 · Acquisition/Merger · $3.4B · Complete

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Jun 01, 2011 Federal Trade Commission Neutral

FTC required Grifols to divest the Talecris Melville NY fractionation facility, the Koate hemophilia product, and two plasma collection centers to Kedrion…

Jun 01, 2011 PR Newswire (Grifols) Bullish

Closing makes Grifols 'the third company worldwide in the hemoderivative sector,' operating ~150 plasmapheresis centers in the US with expected revenue mix of…

Jun 03, 2011 Modern Healthcare Neutral

Coverage of completion of the Grifols-Talecris transaction characterized as a global plasma-products consolidation event.

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Grifols agreed to acquire Talecris for ~$3.4B (cash + non-voting shares: $19 cash + 0.641 Grifols share = $26.16/share, 53% premium). Created leading global plasma protein company. Closed June 2011 after FTC divestitures.

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