RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI) announced today that the Federal Trade Commission has granted approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) for the company’s proposed acquisition of the net assets of The Burrows Company (Burrows), a Chicago-based, privately-held distributor of medical and surgical supplies to the acute-care market. Completion of the HSR review satisfies one of the closing conditions contained in the purchase agreement, dated August 19, 2008, between Owens & Minor and Burrows. The transaction is targeted to close on October 1, 2008.
