Roche extends tender offer for Ventana

5 November 2007

Swiss drug major Roche has once again extended its offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of USA-based diagnostic instrument maker Ventana Medical Systems (Marketletters passim), this time giving the company until 5:00 p.m, January 17, 2008. On June 27, Roche commenced a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Ventana for $75.00 per share in cash. This price represents a 44% premium to Ventana's close of $51.95 on June 22, and a 55% premium to its three-month average as of the same date of $48.30.

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