PRESS: Advanced Medical Solutions nears PS600 million takeover - Sky

US private equity firm TA Associates Management LP is in advanced talks for a £600 million takeover of Advanced Medical Solutions Group PLC, Sky News reported on Saturday.

The Boston, Massachusetts-based private equity firm is preparing a formal offer for the Cheshire, England-based surgical dressings company worth around 280 pence per share.

Shares in AMS Group closed up 2.9% at 228.00 pence each on Friday, giving the AIM-listed firm a market capitalisation of £500.7 million. The stock has risen 25% over the last 12 months.

Sky News reported that an agreed deal between TA Associates and AMS Group could be announced ‘within days’.

One source told Sky a deal was not certain to be concluded but that serious talks had been ongoing for some time.

Last month, the company said pretax profit leapt 81% to £17.8 million in 2025 from £9.8 million the year prior.

Revenue grew 29% to £228.9 million from £177.5 million, and AMS proposed an increased final dividend of 2.01p per share, up from 1.83p a year ago, bringing the total dividend to 2.86p per share, up 10% from 2.60p.

Spokespeople for AMS Group and TA Associates both declined to comment to Sky News.

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