Carestream Health Inc., a provider of dental and medical imaging
systems, has placed itself on the sales block and has hired Goldman
Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to handle
the process, Reuters reported Monday on its website, citing people
familiar with the matter.
The company, acquired by Onex Corp. (OCX.T) in 2007 for $2.35
billion, could fetch as much as $3.5 billion, the people said.
First-round bids for the company are due this week.
A Carestream spokesman told Reuters the company doen't comment
on rumor and speculation. Onex could not be reached immediately be
reached by Reuters for comment and spokesmen for Goldman Sachs and
Bank of America had no immediate comment.
Full story at:
www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/us-carestream-sale-idUSBRE91O13320130225
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