WARSAW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Japanese company Canon has offered to buy Optopol, a Polish maker of equipment for eye surgery diagnostics, for 276 million zlotys ($94 million), a brokerage running the transaction said on Tuesday.
The bid by the Japanese camera and office equipment maker values Optopol at 20 zlotys per share, although the Bogdani family has agreed to sell its 54 percent stake stake for 19 zlotys per share.
Optopol shares rose 22 percent to a five-month high at 19.62 zlotys.
The public tender will take place from Jan. 13 to Feb. 11.
The offer is being managed by BZ WBK, a unit of Allied Irish Banks
(Reporting by Adrian Krajewski; Editing by Dan Lalor)
($1 = 2.927 zlotys) Keywords: OPTOPOL CANON/ (adrian.krajewski@thomsonreuters.com; +48 22 653 9709; Reuters Messaging: adrian.krajewski.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The bid by the Japanese camera and office equipment maker values Optopol at 20 zlotys per share, although the Bogdani family has agreed to sell its 54 percent stake stake for 19 zlotys per share.
Optopol shares rose 22 percent to a five-month high at 19.62 zlotys.
The public tender will take place from Jan. 13 to Feb. 11.
The offer is being managed by BZ WBK, a unit of Allied Irish Banks
(Reporting by Adrian Krajewski; Editing by Dan Lalor)
($1 = 2.927 zlotys) Keywords: OPTOPOL CANON/ (adrian.krajewski@thomsonreuters.com; +48 22 653 9709; Reuters Messaging: adrian.krajewski.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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