AmerisourceBergen To Acquire PharMEDium Healthcare - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - AmerisourceBergen (ABC) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase PharMEDium Healthcare Holdings, Inc., the privately held leading national provider of outsourced compounded sterile preparations to acute care hospitals in the United States, from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $2.575 billion in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

AmerisourceBergen expects the acquisition to be $0.22 to $0.26 accretive to its adjusted earnings per share in fiscal 2016 on a net basis, and to generate approximately $30 million in synergies by fiscal 2018.