AMI Buyout Financing Arranged: Chemical Bank has...

AMI Buyout Financing Arranged: Chemical Bank has arranged $509 million in financing for the IMA Acquisition Corp. buyout bid for American Medical International. IMA, an investment group that includes First Boston and a company financed by Chicago’s Pritzker family, agreed July 6 to acquire the Beverly Hills-based AMI. IMA has set a deadline of Oct. 25 for tender offers on its cash bid of $1.67 billion for the hospital management firm. The proposed deals calls for First Boston to provide $100 million in equity. The company financed by the Pritzker family is expected to make an equity investment of $185 million.