Article: CARDINAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE SHOPPE INTERNATIONAL SIGN MERGER AGREEMENT

DUBLIN, Ohio, and ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a leading U.S. pharmaceutical distributor, and Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSII), the largest franchisor of independent retail pharmacies in the U.S., jointly announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement with respect to a merger in which Medicine Shoppe will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health.

Under the terms of the transaction, shareholders of Medicine Shoppe will receive $45.00 in the form of Cardinal Health common stock for each common share of Medicine Shoppe, so long as the market price of Cardinal stock is between $51.58 and ...

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