M&A Deal Summary

Applied Biosystems Acquires Ambion

On March 2, 2006, Applied Biosystems acquired life science company Ambion from Telegraph Hill Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Applied Biosystems’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Applied Biosystems’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Applied Biosystems’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-03-02
Target Ambion
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Applied Biosystems
Sellers(s) Telegraph Hill Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ambion

Foster City, California, United States
Ambion, Inc. is in the field of RNA-based life science research and molecular diagnostics with products for handling, preserving, isolating, detecting and measuring RNA.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Applied Biosystems

Foster City, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Technology
Employees5,160
DESCRIPTION

Applied Biosystems, Inc. is a provider of technology services for pharmaceutical industry.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Telegraph Hill Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 2001
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Telegraph Hill Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investing in later-stage life science, medical device, and healthcare companies. Prospective companies should be at or near profitability and demonstrate success. Other areas of interest within the healthcare sector include life science technologies, chemistry/reagent suppliers, and information management. Telegraph Hill Partners was formed in 2001 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 29
Sector: Life Science M&A 2 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 24
State: California M&A 1 of 18
Country: United States M&A 2 of 28
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-02-15 Vidacare

Shavano Park, Texas, United States

Vidacare Corp. is a provider of intraosseous (IO), or inside the bone access devices.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-11 AngioScore

Fremont, California, United States

AngioScore, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of cardiovascular, specialty balloons endovascular therapy.

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