(Bloomberg) -- UnitedHealth Group Inc., Amazon.com Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Option Care Health Inc. are vying to acquire Signify Health Inc., according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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UnitedHealth has submitted the highest bid in excess of $30 a share, while Amazon’s offer is close behind, said the people, asking not be identified as the discussions are private. Signify is holding a board meeting Monday to discuss the bids, which could be announced as early as this week, the people said.
Signify’s shares closed at $21.20 on Friday, having climbed 6.7% since the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that CVS was mulling a bid for the home-health company. The newspaper earlier also reported Amazon was among the bidders.
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