Fosun Pharma has Plan B to Acquire India's Gland Pharma
August 21, 2017 at 07:22 AM EDT
Fosun Pharma and Gland Pharma have devised a fallback strategy to implement if India decides to prohibit Fosun's planned $1.3 billion acquisition of an 86% stake in Gland. The two companies plan to scale back the size of the transaction, selling a 74% ownership of Gland (presumably at a price of about $1.1 billion). India 's Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) reviews any foreign acquisition of a domestic company if it involves ownership of 75% or more. Otherwise, the approval is automatic. The CCEA is holding up a ruling because of a border dispute between India and China , not because it has any problems with the deal itself. More details.... Stock Symbols: (SHA: 600196; HK: 2196) Share this with colleagues: // //