Getinge extends tender offer for Datascope

By Lisa Kerner

Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 29 - Getinge AB extended its $53-per-share cash tender offer for Datascope Corp. to midnight ET Nov. 4.

As of Oct. 28, approximately 12,937,042 shares, or about 81.361%, of Datascope common stock had been validly tendered and not withdrawn in the offer, a Getinge news release said.

In September, Datascope, a Montvale, N.J., medical device company, agreed to be acquired by Getinge for $865 million.

Getinge is a medical device company based in Getinge, Sweden.

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