Marsh Buys Kroll For $1.9 Billion
NU Online News Service, May 18, 5:30 p.m. EST?-Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. and Kroll Inc. announced today that MMC will acquire Kroll, a leading risk mitigation services firm.[@@]
Under the definitive agreement, signed today, MMC will acquire Kroll in an all-cash $1.9 billion transaction in which Kroll shareholders will receive $37 for each outstanding share of Kroll common stock they own. The price to be paid by MMC represents a 31.7 percent premium over Kroll's closing stock price of $28.10 on the Nasdaq National Market on May 18.
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