Ebos still hungry for acquisitions after $1.1 bln Symbion deal, Waller says

Ebos still hungry for acquisitions after $1.1 bln Symbion deal, Waller says
By Jonathan Underhill Aug. 21 (BusinessDesk) – Ebos Group, which completed its biggest ever deal buying Australia’s Symbion for $1.1 billion this year, is still hungry for acquisitions and has two potential targets, says chief executive Mark Waller. The Christchurch-based healthcare and pet products distributor paid $367 million in cash, tapping new and existing shareholders, and $498 million in scrip, while taking on $230 million in net debt to buy Zuellig Group’s Symbion unit in a deal that lifted the Hong Kong-based investor's stake in Eb...