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Ramsay tops up bid for UK’s Spire but it may not be enough

Carrie LaFrenz
Carrie LaFrenzSenior reporter

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Ramsay Health Care’s sweetened, final all-cash offer for UK-based Spire Healthcare at £2.50 per share, up 10 pence from its first bid, may not be enough with a few shareholders of the target resisting.

Australia’s largest-private hospitals operator still faces an uphill battle to get its higher offer over the line with Toscafund Asset Management, which owns 5.4 per cent of Spire, and which said Ramsay “continued to undervalue Spire substantially”, The Times newspaper reported.

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Carrie LaFrenz is a senior journalist covering retail/consumer goods. She previously covered healthcare/biotech. Carrie has won multiple awards for her journalism including financial journalist of the year from The National Press Club. Connect with Carrie on Twitter. Email Carrie at carrie.lafrenz@afr.com

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