BDO Corporate Finance advisor to Asklepios’ tender offer for RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

The leading German operator of hospitals Asklepios and RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG join forces. Asklepios as well as the founder of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG Eugen Münch will contribute their respective shares in RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG to establish a joint venture company which will hold a 50+% shareholding in RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG. In addition, Asklepios announced a voluntary tender offer of EUR 18 per share addressed to the shareholders of RHÖN-KLINIKUM.

The transaction will drive the future collaboration of two leading hospital operators in Germany, just following the market leader Fresenius Helios. The transaction is subject to an antitrust approval and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2020.

BDO in Germany is an integrated auditing and consulting firm. The global organisation has over 88,000 employees in 167 countries and generated revenues of USD 9.6 billion in the past financial year. Worldwide, 2,500 corporate finance experts have advised on more than 1,500 deals with a volume of USD 73.2 billion.

 

BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft:

Hartmut Paulus, Partner Corporate Finance, Frankfurt