Premier Laser/Ophthalmic Imaging Systems
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Premier would acquire the 49% of ophthalmic digital imaging system maker OIS that it does not currently own under an agreement announced Oct. 22. While OIS had previously rejected as inadequate a Premier offer of $0.85 worth of Premier stock for each OIS share, the revised agreement would provide roughly $1.78 per share. OIS shareholders, which have yet to approve the pact, would receive 0.8 shares of Premier common stock per OIS share; Premier closed at 2-7/32 the day before the announcement. The two firms had first planned to merge under a February 1998 agreement, which was subsequently dissolved (1"The Gray Sheet" June 28, p. 21)