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BB Biotech AG deal

July 16, 2012 7:00 AM UTC

Swiss biotech fund BB Biotech rejected an offer from Swiss bank Vontobel Group to take it private. Vontobel said the offer is a 31.7% premium to the CHF81.95 BB Biotech share price on July 12, the day before the offer was disclosed, which would put the offer price at about CHF107.93 per share, or a total of CHF1.4 billion ($1.4 billion) based on 13 million shares outstanding. ...