Mazor Robotics shareholders OK $1.6B Medtronic merger

Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) said that its shareholders yesterday approved the $1.6 billion merger with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT). The Caesarea, Israel-based company said roughly 53% of its shares were represented in the vote, with about 95% of those cast in favor of the $58.50-per-ADR-share deal. The world’s largest medical device maker has held a position in Mazor, which makes the Mazor X guidance system and the Renaissance robot-assisted spine surgery platform, since May 2016. In September they closed the third, $40 million tranche of that investment, giving Medtronic a 10.6% stake for $72 million. Medtronic has said it plans to develop a fully-integrated surgical planning, execution and confirmation system by uniting its existing spine technologies with the Mazor robotic system once the deal closes, expected during Medtronic’s fiscal third quarter ending Jan. 25. The post Mazor Robotics shareholders OK $1.6B Medtronic merger appeared first on MassDevice.
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