Canadian devicemaker to purchase Cogentix Medical for $239M

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Toronto-based Laborie Medical Technologies will acquire Minnetonka, Minn.-based Cogentix Medical for $239 million.

Here are three things to know about the deal.

1. Cogentix manufactures various urology and endourology products. The company was formed via the merger of two devicemakers — Uroplasty and Vision-Sciences — in 2015, according to StarTribune.

2. Laborie, a urology health company, will acquire Cogentix for $3.85 per share, representing a 28 percent premium over the stock's average closing price in the last 30 days.

3. Cogentix expects the deal to close in the second quarter of 2018. 

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