Bidding battle for NHS landlord Assura intensifies as watchdog steps up investigation
by Julia Kollewe from on (#6Z6HP)
US suitor KKR lobbies board to accept offer to take Assura private as CMA looks into 1.79bn offer by rival UK investor
The bidding battle for the NHS landlord Assura has heated up after its US suitor KKR lobbied the board to accept its offer, while the competition watchdog stepped up its investigation of Assura's 1.7bn takeover by a rival UK healthcare investor.
Primary Health Properties (PHP), which invests in buildings housing GP practices, has been blocked from fully integrating Assura by the Competition and Markets Authority while it looks into the takeover.
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