On Wednesday, health-care services and IT firm McKesson Corporation (MCK 0.62%) confirmed it has received notification of the early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period required prior to close its purchase of PSS World Medical (NASDAQ: PSSI). Assuming other preconditions to the acquisition are fulfilled, the company expects to close the $1.4 billion acquisition in Q1 2013.
Shares of PSS are up 1.3% on the news at $28.85, within $0.15 of McKesson's purchase price. Shares of McKesson are heading the other way, down 1.2% at $96.44.
