COLUMBIA/HCA, HEALTHTRUST MERGER WILL CREATE $15 BIL. PROVIDER
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
COLUMBIA/HCA, HEALTHTRUST MERGER WILL CREATE $15 BIL. PROVIDER of health care, owning and operating 311 hospitals with 60,000 beds and 125 outpatient centers. Under a definitive agreement announced Oct. 4, HealthTrust shareholders would receive 0.88 shares of Columbia stock for each HealthTrust share in what the companies plan to be a tax-free pooling of interests. The deal is valued at $5.4 bil.; the HealthTrust stock is worth $3.6 bil., and Columbia/HCA will assume $1.8 bil. in HealthTrust debt.