CHEMED CORP acquires VITAS Healthcare Corporation
Snapshot
CHEMED CORP acquired VITAS Healthcare Corporation for approximately $406 million in February 2004. The transaction was structured as all cash ($30.00 per VITAS share, including refinancing of existing VITAS debt). VITAS Healthcare Corporation is a Miami, Florida (25 hospice programs across multiple states)-based VITAS Healthcare (hospice / end-of-life care) business.
- Acquirer
- CHEMED CORP
- Target
- VITAS Healthcare Corporation
- Value
- approximately $406 million
- Date
- February 2004
- Type
- full acquisition (merger; buyout of remaining ~63% stake)
- Status
- ready
The deal at a glance
About this deal
CHEMED CORP acquired VITAS Healthcare Corporation for approximately $406 million, a transaction completed in February 2004, structured as all cash ($30.00 per VITAS share, including refinancing of existing VITAS debt).
VITAS Healthcare Corporation operates in VITAS Healthcare (hospice / end-of-life care), is based in Miami, Florida (25 hospice programs across multiple states). VITAS Healthcare Corporation, a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation's largest provider of end-of-life care. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, VITAS operated 25 hospice programs at the time of the deal. Roto-Rooter Inc. (Chemed's predecessor name) already held common shares representing approximately 37 percent of VITAS through its Comfort Care Holdings subsidiary, and acquired the portion it did not already own.
"The acquisition of VITAS will enable Roto-Rooter shareholders to realize the full benefit of an investment made more than a dozen years ago. Roto-Rooter will now recognize 100% of the revenues and earnings of VITAS."
Largest provider of end-of-life care in the U.S.; a hospice platform that became Chemed's dominant business segment. Operated as VITAS Healthcare Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary
No advisory firms have been disclosed for this transaction.