Chinese group to buy Australian vitamin firm Vitaco for US$239mil


SHANGHAI: A Chinese group led by drugmaker Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd and private equity firm Primavera Capital has agreed to buy Australian vitamins maker Vitaco Holdings for A$313.7mil (US$239mil).

Vitaco said in a statement that the Chinese group would buy all of the firm at a valuation of A$2.25 per share, a 28% premium to their closing price on Wednesday, less than a year after it listed shares in Sydney at A$2.10 apiece.

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