Merger • Healthcare Services

AmeriPath Acquires Specialty Laboratories

On January 31, 2006, AmeriPath acquired healthcare services company Specialty Laboratories

Acquisition Context

This is AmeriPath’s 2nd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
This is AmeriPath’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
This is AmeriPath’s 1st transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	January 31, 2006
Target	Specialty Laboratories
Sector	Healthcare Services
Buyer(s)	AmeriPath
Deal Type	Merger

Target Company

Specialty Laboratories

Valencia, California, United States

Specialty Laboratories supports local pathology and community-based medicine by partnering with pathologists and hospitals to improve patient care and reduce episodes-of-care costs. Specialty offers hospitals an extensive menu of highly advanced clinical tests used by physicians to diagnose, monitor and treat disease and a single-source solution for esoteric testing needs.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

AmeriPath

Orlando, Florida, United States

Category	Company
Sector	Healthcare Services

DESCRIPTION

AmeriPath, Inc. is a leading national provider of anatomic pathology, dermatopathology and molecular diagnostic services to physicians, hospitals, clinical laboratories and surgery centers across the U.S.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	2 of 2
Sector: Healthcare Services	2 of 2
Type: Merger	1 of 1
State: California	1 of 1
Country: United States	2 of 2
Year: 2006	1 of 1

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2000-11-09	Inform DX Nashville, Tennessee, United States InformDX is an anatomic pathology and diagnostic information provider, with eleven labs in major markets. InformDX invests capital and management resources in the field to create locally dominant providers in markets with proven growth potential.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2000-11-09

Inform DX

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

InformDX is an anatomic pathology and diagnostic information provider, with eleven labs in major markets. InformDX invests capital and management resources in the field to create locally dominant providers in markets with proven growth potential.

Buy

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