GHP SPECIALTY CARE AB (PUBL) The bid committee unanimously recommends the shareholders to accept the offer. AGM postponed.
This statement is made by the bid committee of the board of directors of
The Offer
Today,
The Offer price represents a premium of:
- approximately 95.7 percent compared to the closing price of
SEK 17.9 of a GHP share on Nasdaq Stockholm4 March 2022 , which was the last day of trading prior to the announcement of the Offer; - approximately 66.0 percent compared to the volume-weighted average trading price of
SEK 21.1 of a GHP share on Nasdaq Stockholm during the last 30 trading days prior to the announcement of the Offer; - approximately 49.2 percent compared to the volume-weighted average trading price of
SEK 23.5 of a GHP share on Nasdaq Stockholm during the last 90 trading days prior to the announcement of the Offer; and - approximately 34.7 percent compared to the volume-weighted average trading price of
SEK 26.0 of a GHP share on Nasdaq Stockholm during the last 180 trading days prior to the announcement of the Offer.
The acceptance period for the Offer is expected to commence on or around
Should GHP, prior to the settlement of the Offer, distribute dividends or in any other way distribute or transfer value to its shareholders, the Offer price will be reduced accordingly.
GHP’s annual general meeting postponed
As a consequence of the Offer, GHP’s annual general meeting will not be held on
The process undertaken by the bid committee to evaluate the Offer
In evaluating the Offer, the bid committee has considered a number of factors which the committee considers relevant. These factors include, but are not limited to, GHP’s current strategic and financial position, prevailing market conditions and operational opportunities and challenges, the company’s expected future development and opportunities and risks related thereto and valuation methods normally used to evaluate public offerings of listed companies, including how the Offer values GHP in relation to comparable listed companies and comparable transactions, bid premiums in previous public takeover offers on Nasdaq Stockholm, the stock market’s expectations regarding the company and the bid committee’s view of the company’s value based on its expected future dividends and cash flows.
The bid committee notes that the Offer represents a premium of 95.7 percent compared to the closing price of
The bid committee has also considered that four of the largest shareholders of GHP with approximately 51.4 percent of the shares and votes have undertaken to accept the Offer or entered into share purchase agreements with the Offeror (the “Undertakings”). The Undertakings are conditional on no other party announcing a competing offer for all outstanding shares in GHP at a price per share exceeding the Offer price by more than 9.5 percent (the “9.5 Percent Hurdle”) and the Offeror does not within five business days of the announcement of such competing offer announce an increase of the Offer so that the increased offer price per share under the Offer matches or exceeds the offer price per share under such competing offer (the “Right to Match”). The 9.5 Percent Hurdle and the Right to Match apply to each and every competing offer and each and every increase of the offer price under any competing offer. The Undertakings are further conditional on the Offer being declared unconditional no later than on
Board members
Upon written request, the Offeror has been permitted to review limited information for confirmatory purposes in connection with the preparations for the Offer. With the exception of information that was subsequently included in GHP’s year-end report for 2021, no inside information has been provided to the Offeror in connection with the review.
The bid committee has engaged
The bid committee’s recommendation
When the bid committee values the overall potential and compares it with the consideration in the Offer, the bid committee concludes that the shareholders through the Offer will be adequately compensated for the company’s potential, taking into account the time it takes to implement, and the various risks of not being able to fully implement, the company’s business plan.
In its fairness opinion, PwC considers that the Offer is fair from a financial perspective for the shareholders of GHP.
The bid committee unanimously recommends the shareholders of GHP to accept the Offer.
Effects on GHP and its employees
Under the Takeover Rules, the board of directors is required to present its opinion on the effects the implementation of the Offer may have on GHP, especially employment, and its view on the Offeror’s strategic plans for the company and the impact these could be expected to have on employment and on the locations where GHP conducts its business. In its press release announcing the Offer, the Offeror states:
“Capio AB is impressed by the skills, expertise and experience of GHP’s management and employees, and believes that managers and employees of GHP can find
The bid committee assumes that the above statement by the Offeror is correct and has no reason to take a different view. GHP has a long-term commitment to and interest in the current and future development of the Nordic healthcare market, and a combination with Capio would allow for the combined group to continue and further strengthen the development of the Nordic health care with innovative solutions towards higher quality and efficiency. The bid committee sees Capio as a good new home for GHP and its employees, as both companies operate under similar decentralized operating models and have similar sets of values. Furthermore, the bid committee believes that being part of Capio would allow for all the outstanding clinical work being performed within GHP to continue to excel.
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This statement by the bid committee of the board of directors of GHP shall be governed by and construed in accordance with substantive Swedish law. Disputes arising from this statement shall be settled exclusively by Swedish courts.
The bid committee of the board of directors of
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This is information that
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Opinion from PwC: To the
On
The total value of the Offer, based on 70,256,949 outstanding shares in GHP amounts to approximately
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Our independent assessment of the market value of the share capital in GHP has included market approach valuation based on comparable transactions, listed comparable companies and historical bid premiums. Our analysis has also included income approach value calculations based on various scenarios. We have gathered the information and performed the analysis deemed necessary and relevant for our assessment of the fairness of the Offer.
As a basis for our assessment, we have reviewed, inter alia, the following information:
a) publicly available information about GHP such as:
- the annual report for 2020 and prior financial years, and
- quarterly reports up until the fourth quarter of 2021.
b) GHP’s budget and business plan between 2022 and 2025,
c) information retrieved through interviews with the management of GHP,
d) press releases issued in connection to the Offer,
e) financial analyst reports covering the GHP share,
f) publicly available information on the price and turnover of the GHP share,
g) information from financial databases, such as Capital IQ, Refinitiv Eikon and
h) other information available that PwC has deemed relevant for this Opinion.
Our Opinion is based on the financial, economic, market and other conditions, as well as the information provided to us, as at the date of this report. Changes in the circumstances mentioned may affect the assumptions that have formed the basis of our value assessment, and we do not assume any responsibility for updating, revising or confirming our Opinion.
We have relied upon the accuracy and the completeness, in all relevant aspects, of the information provided and otherwise made available to us by representatives of GHP.
We have not acted as a financial advisor to GHP in connection with the Offer. Our fee for this assignment is not dependent on a decision of the completion of the Offer.
This Opinion is addressed to the
Subject to the foregoing conditions and limitations, it is PwC’s Opinion that the Offer as at this date, from a financial point of view, is fair to the owners of shares in GHP.
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