KINDRED AND GENTIVA REACH DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT CREATING NATION-WIDE INTEGRATED CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM PREFERRED BY CONSUMERS AND PAYORS Combination Will Help Transform the American Healthcare Delivery System by Providing Patient- Centered, Coordinated...Kindred and Gentiva Reach Definitive Agreement • October 14th, 2014 • Gentiva Health Services Inc • Services-home health care services
LOUISVILLE, Ky. and ATLANTA (October 9, 2014) – Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred” or the “Company”) (NYSE:KND) and Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (“Gentiva”) (NASDAQ:GTIV) today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Kindred will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Gentiva common stock for $19.50 per share in a combination of cash and stock. The agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENTRights Agreement • October 14th, 2014 • Gentiva Health Services Inc • Services-home health care services • New York
THIS AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of October 9, 2014, is entered into by and between Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”), pursuant to Section 26 of the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2014 (the “Rights Agreement”), by and between the Company and the Rights Agent.
