Article: Vital Signs, Marquest Medical Products and Scherer Healthcare Announce the Completion of the Acquisition of Marquest By Vital Signs.

TOTOWA, N.J., ENGLEWOOD, Colo., ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 1997--Vital Signs Inc. (NASDAQ: VITL), Marquest Medical Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MMPI) and Scherer Healthcare (NASDAQ: SCHR) announced today that the shareholders of Marquest Medical Products approved the companies' previously announced merger, that Scherer Healthcare's shareholders gave their necessary approvals and that the Marquest merger was finalized shortly after the Shareholders' Meeting was completed.

The merger, which resulted in Marquest Medical becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vital Signs, was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 14, 1997. ...

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