Gentiva Health Services, a home healthcare provider, has engaged Kekst and Company for PR support as it works to fend off a $533M hostile bid from hospital operator Kindred Healthcare.
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher is working with Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred, which has also engaged proxy solicitation firm D.F. King & Co.
After Kindred went public with a $14-per-share cash and stock offer on May 15, the board of Atlanta-based Gentiva said Kindred's proposal "significantly undervalues" the company.
Gentiva works with Brainerd Communications for day-to-day corporate communications.
Kindred, which said it is willing to increase its bid to an all-cash offer, pegged the full value of its offer is $1.6B when including assumption of Gentiva debt. CEO Paul Diaz said of the pitch: "This compelling combination would unite two highly complementary businesses by joining Kindred’s resources with Gentiva’s home health and hospice capabilities."
Susan Moss is senior VP of marketing and communications for Kindred.
Gentiva also hired law firm Greenberg Traurig and financial advisors Barclays Capital and Edge Healthcare Partners. Kindred is working with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Citi.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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