Merck Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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Merck has acquired 23 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 7 assets.

Merck’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Sigma-Aldrich for $17.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2007, when it sold Merck Generics to Viatris for $5.5B. Merck has acquired in 7 different US states, and 8 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (44%) and chemicals (18%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity30
    • M&A Buy Activity23
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 8
  • Total Countries Invested 8
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10
  • M&A Advisors 6

Merck

Merck KGaA

Frankfurter Strasse 250,
Darmstadt, 64293
Germany,
+49 6151 72 0
www.merckgroup.com

Merck is a science and technology company in healthcare, life science and performance materials. Merck develops technologies that improve and enhance life from biopharmaceutical therapies to treat cancer or multiple sclerosis, cutting-edge systems for scientific research and production, to liquid crystals for smartphones and LCD televisions. Merck was founded in 1668 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 18 2 - 2 1 - 23
vol $26.4B $6.6B $780M $33.7B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 7 - - - - - 7
vol $11.7B $11.7B
  30

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Exelead 2022-01-06 780M USD Add-on Acquisition
Indianapolis, Indiana · www.exeleadbiopharma.com
Chord Therapeutics SA 2021-12-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Geneva, Switzerland · www.chordtherapeutics.com
AmpTec GmbH 2021-01-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Hamburg, Germany · www.amp-tec.com
Intermolecular, Inc. 2019-05-06 62M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.intermolecular.com
Versum Materials Inc. 2019-01-28 6.5B EUR Add-on Acquisition
Allentown, Pennsylvania · www.versummaterials.com
Merck KGaA - Flow Cytometry Portfolio 2018-10-18 70M EUR Divestiture
Darmstadt, Germany
Merck KGaA - Consumer Health Business 2018-04-19 3.8B EUR Divestiture
Darmstadt, Germany
Natrix Separations, Inc. 2017-08-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Burlington, Ontario · www.natrixseparations.com
BioControl Systems, Inc. 2017-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Bellevue, Washington · www.biocontrolsys.com
Ormet Circuits, Inc. 2015-12-14 - Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.ormetcircuits.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. 2015-11-18 Sigma-Aldrich Corp - Seelze 2015-12-15 1
St. Louis, Missouri · www.sigmaaldrich.com , Germany

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 10 (43%) 17.8B (53%) 4 (57%) 6.1B (52%)
Chemicals 4 (17%) 8.7B (26%) - -
Medical Products 3 (13%) 19M (< 1%) - -
Test/Measurement Equipment 2 (9%) 7.2B (21%) - -
Distribution 1 (4%) - 1 (14%) 1.7B (14%)
Building Materials 1 (4%) - - -
Manufacturing 1 (4%) 62M (< 1%) - -
Semiconductors 1 (4%) - - -
Consumer Products - - 1 (14%) 3.8B (33%)
Technology Hardware - - 1 (14%) 70M (1%)
Total 23 $33.7B 7 $11.7B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 10 31.6B 2 1.9B
  Pennsylvania 2 6.5B 1 1.7B
  Washington 2 - - -
  California 2 62M - -
  Missouri 1 17.0B - -
  Massachusetts 1 7.2B - -
  Indiana 1 780M - -
  Wisconsin - - 1 275M
Germany 6 - 4 9.4B
China 2 19M - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Israel 1 - - -
Luxembourg 1 2.1B - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
United Kingdom - - 1 299M
Domestic 6 (26%) - 4 (57%) 9.4B (81%)
Cross-border 17 (74%) 33.7B (100%) 3 (43%) 2.2B (19%)
Total 23 $33.7B 7 $11.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Guggenheim Securities
2
J.P. Morgan Securities
1
Goldman Sachs
1
Legal Deals
Nixon Peabody LLP
2
Sullivan & Cromwell
1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $32.9B
$100M to $1B 1 $780M
< $100M 2 $81M
TOTAL $33.7B
Largest Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
$17.0B (2015-11-18)
sell # Total
> $1B 3 $11.0B
$100M to $1B 2 $574M
< $100M 2 $96M
TOTAL $11.7B
Largest Merck Generics
$5.5B (2007-05-12)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
13%
3 (13%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
14%
1 (14%)
Strategic(s)
86%
6 (86%)

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