FTC Wants To Block Steris/Synergy Merger
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The companies plan to contest the Federal Trade Commission's action, although they say they have yet to see FTC's formal complaint. The deal, valued at $1.9 billion, would allow U.S.-based Steris to reduce its corporate tax rate by redomiciling to Synergy's home in the U.K., creating a $2.6 billion entity.