M&A Deal Summary

Agilent Acquires BioVectra

On July 22, 2024, Agilent acquired life science company BioVectra from H.I.G. Private Equity for 925M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Agilent’s 6th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Agilent’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Agilent’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Agilent’s 1st transaction in Prince Edward Island.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-07-22
Target BioVectra
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Agilent
Sellers(s) H.I.G. Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 925M USD

Target

BioVectra

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
BioVectra is a provider of contract manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's), chemical intermediates, and bioprocessing reagents. BioVectra was founded in 1970 and is based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Agilent

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees17,600
Revenue 6.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Agilent's headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
Entrance to Agilent's headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

Agilent is a producer of solutions that includes instruments, software, services, and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. Agilent's life sciences and applied markets business provide application-focused solutions that include instruments and software that enable customers to identify, quantify, and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products, as well as enable customers in the clinical and life sciences research areas to interrogate samples at the molecular level. Agilent was founded in 1999 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 38
Sector (Life Science) 6 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 35 of 35
State (Prince Edward Island) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2024) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-09 e-MSion

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

e-MSion is an early-stage company behind the innovative electron capture dissociation (ECD) technology known as the ExD cell. e-MSion is based in Corvallis, Oregon.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HIG Private Equity is the private equity arm of HIG Capital LLC. The firm focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations of middle market companies with an enterprise value of $50 - $1000 million. The Firm also will consider add-on acquisitions, industry consolidations, going-privates, and corporate divestitures. Sectors of interest include aerospace, building materials, business services, consumer products, distribution, healthcare, infrastructure, contracting, manufacturing, media, oil & gas services, IT, and transportation. HIG was formed in 1993 and has offices in Miami, Atlanta, Boston, and San Francisco. HIG's European affiliate is HIG Europe with offices in London, Hamburg, and Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 172 of 175
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 71 of 72
State (Prince Edward Island) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 8 of 8
Year (2024) 7 of 10
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-11 Best Trash

Richmond, Texas, United States

Best Trash is an independent waste and recycling collection company focused on providing excellent customer service to residential customers through contracts with municipal utility districts and homeowners associations. Best Trash was founded in 2009 and is based in Richmond, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-23 Naturalia Tantum

Milan, Italy

Naturalia Tantum is the holding company of the pole of companies active in the production and marketing of cosmetics and natural integration products. Naturalia Tantum is based in Milan, Italy.

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