MOVING ON UP

摘要

By far the biggest deal in 2014 was from Steris, which bought UK-based Synergy Health for US$1.9bn in a cash and stock deal. Steris said it would create a new UK company to undertake the acquisition, joining a growing list of US companies that are trying to cut their tax bills by shifting their domicile from the US. The combined company is expected to have annual revenue of approximately $2.6bn and 14,000 employees in more than 60 countries, and the deal will result in annual pre-tax cost savings of $30m.