Icahn ends Cigna-Express Scripts campaign, shares bounce

Icahn ends Cigna-Express Scripts campaign, shares bounce

Shares of Express Scripts are moving higher before the opening bell after activist investor Carl Icahn ended a short-lived fight to scuttle Cigna's takeover of the pharmacy benefit manager.

Icahn said late Monday that he'll end his campaign to convince Cigna shareholders to vote against the roughly $52-billion deal this month. He noted that two prominent shareholder advisory firms support it and that there is significant stockholder overlap between the companies.

 
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