- UnitedHealth ( NYSE: UNH ) completed its planned $8 billio n purchase of Change Healthcare ( NASDAQ: CHNG ). UnitedHealth rose 1.1%.
- Change Healthcare shares were delisted following the completion of the deal, according to an 8-K filing.
- The deal close comes after a judge last month denied the Dept. of Justice's attempt to block the combination. The DOJ sued to block the deal in late February on antitrust grounds.
- UnitedHealth a greed to originally purchase CHNG for $25.75/share in January 2021, though the price was changed to $27.75/share, which includes a $2/share dividend, when the merger agreement was extended in early April.
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UnitedHealth completes acquisition of Change Healthcare