NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIQ) (the “Company,” “Alliance,” “we” or “our”), a leading national provider of outsourced radiology, oncology and interventional services, announced today that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Tahoe Investment Group Co., Ltd. (“Tahoe”), formerly known as Fujian Thai Hot Investment Co., Ltd., THAIHOT Investment Company Limited (“THAIHOT”), THAIHOT Investment Company US Limited and Alliance HealthCare Services Merger Sub Limited (each an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Tahoe, and, together with Tahoe, the “Tahoe Group”), pursuant to which the Tahoe Group will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Alliance that is not beneficially owned by the Tahoe Group or owned by Alliance as treasury stock, for US $13.25 per share in cash, or a total payment of approximately US $75 million to equity holders of Alliance other than the Tahoe Group.

The US $13.25 per share price represents a premium of 67% over the Company’s closing trading price on December 9, 2016, the last trading day prior to Tahoe’s initial proposal was publicly disclosed, and a premium of 38% over the US $9.60 purchase price per share initially offered by Tahoe.

As previously disclosed on March 29, 2016, Tahoe, through THAIHOT, completed the purchase of a majority interest in Alliance and THAIHOT currently owns approximately 51% of the outstanding common stock of Alliance.
The Company’s Board of Directors, acting on the unanimous recommendation of the special committee formed by the Board of Directors (the “Special Committee”), approved the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement and resolved to recommend that the Company’s stockholders adopt the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The Special Committee, which is comprised solely of independent and disinterested directors of the Company who are unaffiliated with the Tahoe Group or management of the Company, exclusively negotiated the terms of the merger agreement with the Tahoe Group, with the assistance of its independent financial and legal advisors.

Neil Dimick, Chairman of the Special Committee, said, “We are confident that we have negotiated a fair price and that this merger is in the best interest of our minority stockholders. The price of US $13.25 is a 67% premium over the last trading day prior to the offer and a 38% premium over the initial offer by Tahoe in December.”

“We continue to be supportive of Alliance’s strategy in the United States and China,” says Qisen Huang, Chairman and Founder of Tahoe. Huang continued, “Healthcare has been a major focus for Tahoe in the last two years and we expect to continue to expand our healthcare business lines globally to benefit the health of those we serve.”

Business Affairs Homepage