Comvita to take full control of China JV

Comvita to take full control of China JV
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard April 10 (BusinessDesk) - Honey company Comvita has entered a conditional agreement to acquire the remaining 49 percent of its China joint venture, Comvita Food and Comvita China, for about $20 million.  Comvita will acquire the JV by issuing 4.05 million new Comvita ordinary shares at $4.35 per share and an additional cash payment of $3.19 million. The acquisition will be earnings accretive immediately on a per share basis, it said.  “This completes the ‘final piece of the jigsaw’ with respect to our China Strategy,...