Simplyhealth buys Denplan for £115m

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Simplyhealth has bought dental cash plan provider Denplan from Axa for £115m.

The purchase has been completed has a whole cash transaction with no debt being required by Simplyhealth to finance the deal. It is the second major transaction by the provider in five months after it announced a deal to purchase Groupama's PMI operation.The purchase has been completed has a whole cash transaction with no debt being required by Simplyhealth to finance the deal. It is the second major transaction by the provider in five months after it announced a deal to purchase Groupama's PMI operation. Denplan is the UK's largest dental plan provider with over 1.8 million patien...

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