MedQuist Holdings to Acquire M*Modal for $130 Million

MedQuist Holdings announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire M*Modal and its Speech Understanding technology for total consideration of $130 million, which includes $77.2 million in cash and 4.1 million shares of common stock.

Former Misys CEO Vern Davenport was appointed chairman and CEO of the new entity. He will replace Peter Masanotti as CEO and Bob Aquilina as chairman. Aquilina will continue to serve on MedQuist’s board. and Masanotti will remain a consultant to MedQuist through the end of September.

MedQuist has already been using M*Modal’s technology for its medical transcription business. The company intends to enhance further the integration of M*Modal’s front-end speech recognition technology with MedQuist’s clinical documentation platform.

M*Modal has a current annualized revenue run rate of $24 million, about $7 million of which came from MedQuist.