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UDG attracts private equity suitor

The healthcare services company posted a 5 per cent drop in revenues as PE interest emerged
May 12, 2021
  • US firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has attributed a £2.8bn enterprise value to UDG
  • The company’s management is recommending the takeover

Shares in UDG Healthcare (UDG) rose more than a fifth on Wednesday morning as it emerged that a US private equity firm had swooped in on the FTSE 250 company.

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