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Sonic Healthcare</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Ltd planned to acquire the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">remaining 28.5% stake, or</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">279.547 mil ordinary shares,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">which it did not already own,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">in Independent Practitioner</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">Network Ltd, a health and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">medical services provider, for</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">0.25 Australian dollar ($0.235</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">US) per share, or a total</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">value of A$69.887 mil ($65.638</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">mil). 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The transaction was to be effected via scheme of arrangement.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">AUSTRALIA - Sonic Healthcare Ltd planned to acquire the remaining 28.5% stake, or 279.547</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">mil ordinary shares, which it did not already own, in Independent Practitioner Network</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Ltd, a health and medical services provider, for 0.25 Australian dollar ($0.235 US) per</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">share, or a total value of A$69.887 mil ($65.638 mil). 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The transaction was to be effected via scheme of arrangement.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">AUSTRALIA - Sonic Healthcare Ltd planned to acquire the remaining 28.5% stake, or 279.547 mil ordinary shares, which it did not already</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">own, in Independent Practitioner Network Ltd, a health and medical services provider, for 0.25 Australian dollar ($0.235 US) per share,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">or a total value of A$69.887 mil ($65.638 mil). 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