M&A Deal Summary

Astorg Partners Acquires Hamilton Thorne

On July 22, 2024, private equity firm Astorg Partners acquired medical products company Hamilton Thorne for 388M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Astorg Partners’ 9th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Astorg Partners’ 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Astorg Partners’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Astorg Partners’ 4th transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2024-07-22
Target Hamilton Thorne
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Astorg Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 388M USD
Advisor(s) Piper Sandler & Co. (Financial)
Dentons (Legal)

Target

Hamilton Thorne

Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
Hamilton Thorne designs, manufactures, and distributes precision laser devices and advanced imaging systems that reduce cost, increase productivity, improve results, and enable breakthroughs in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and developmental biology research markets. Its laser products attach to standard inverted microscopes and operate as robotic micro-surgeons, allowing a wide array of scientific applications and IVF procedures. Its imaging systems improve outcomes in human IVF clinics and animal breeding facilities and provide high-end toxicology analyses. Hamilton Thorne is based in Beverly, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Astorg Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 22.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Astorg Partners is a private equity firm that targets small to midcap company investments primarily in France and to a limited extent, Western Europe. Astorg Partners looks for companies valued between €400 million and €2 billion, requiring at least €15 million in equity. Areas of interest include healthcare, retail, distribution, hospitality, and professional services. Prospective transaction situations include leverage build-ups, divestitures, family transitions, and secondary buyouts. Astorg Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Paris and has additional offices in London and Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 66 of 67
Sector (Medical Products) 9 of 9
Type (Going Private) 2 of 2
State (Massachusetts) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 5 of 5
Year (2024) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-23 Audiotonix

Chessington, United Kingdom

Audiotonix designs, engineerings, and manufactures professional audio mixing consoles, production software, and ancillary products. With pioneering solutions from premium audio brands Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiCo, DiGiGrid, Fourier Audio, Harrison, KLANG: technologies, Slate Digital, Solid State Logic, sonible, and Sound Devices, its products are used extensively in live sound, broadcast, theatre production, installations, houses of worship, TV and film production, music creation and recording studios. Audiotonix is based in Chessington, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-07 Redslim

Zug, Switzerland

Redslim is an International specialist in data management. Redslim was founded in 2013 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.

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