Merger Transactions in Massachusetts

Mersana Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops antibody drug conjugates (ADC) for cancer patients with unmet need. Mersana Therapeutics was founded in 2001 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Day One
Company
Life Science
South San Francisco, California
www.dayonebio.com
Advisors: Fenwick & West , Gordon Dyal & Co. Advisory Group

scPharmaceuticals is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company focused on redefining cardiorenal care with integrated treatments designed to address the unmet needs of patients. scPharmaceuticals was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

MannKind
Company
Life Science
Danbury, Connecticut
www.mannkindcorp.com
Advisors: Cooley , Jefferies

BankProv is a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. With retail branches in the North Shore of Massachusetts and in southern New Hampshire, commercial banking offices in the Manchester/Concord market in Central New Hampshire and a loan office located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, it delivers a unique combination of traditional banking services and innovative financial solutions to its markets. BankProv is based in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Needham Bank
Company
Financial Services
Needham, Massachusetts
www.needhambank.com
Advisors: Nutter McClennen & Fish , Luse Gorman , Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

Colonial Federal Savings Bank offers personal banking, mortgage lending, and savings products. Colonial Federal Savings Bank was founded in 1889 and is based in Quincy, Massachusetts.

bankHometown
Company
Financial Services
Easthampton,
www.hometowncoop.com
Advisor: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

HarborOne Bank provides consumer, small business, and commercial banking services, including checking and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, and online banking tools. The Bank also offers financial education programs and operates a mortgage division serving customers throughout New England. HarborOne Bank was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Eastern Bank
Company
Financial Services
Boston, Massachusetts
www.easternbank.com

Nova Biomedical provides analytical instruments and consumables for the biopharmaceutical and clinical markets. The company’s clinical products provide point-of-care analysis and monitoring of critical analytes including blood gases and glucose used to diagnose and monitor patients in hospital settings. Its biopharmaceutical products provide mission-critical analytics for research laboratories and drug manufacturing facilities, accelerating and improving the drug development process and product quality. Nova is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Advanced Instruments
Company
Test/Measurement Equipment
Norwood, Massachusetts
www.aicompanies.com
Advisors: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett , Cooley , UBS Investment Bank

BetterVet is delivering veterinary services directly to pets' homes. With a strong focus on at-home visits & telehealth, BetterVet was founded in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Vets
Company
Consumer Services
New York, New York
www.bettervet.com

Deciphera focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines for cancer and has deep expertise in kinase biology (see Table 1 below). QINLOCK (ripretinib), a KIT inhibitor, is approved in over 40 countries and marketed globally, including in the US, Europe, and China, for treatment of fourth-line gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Vimseltinib, a CSF-1R inhibitor, demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy across all primary and secondary endpoints in the Phase III MOTION trial in patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT). Deciphera is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Ono Pharmaceutical
Company
Life Science
Osaka, Japan
www.ono-pharma.com
Advisors: GreenbergTraurig , BofA Securities

KCP renders services spanning a range of advisory roles from consulting to interim leadership. The company ensures the needs of the situation are met and minimizes the cost of valuable solutions by working in small, specialized expert teams. It provides the experience of a wide range of businesses and industries to assist a client whether they are healthy, challenged, or distressed and whether the challenges include performance improvement financial advisory services, or turnaround and restructuring. KCP is based in Billerica, Massachusetts.

Altman & Co.
Company
Business Services
Milford, Massachusetts
www.altmanandcompany.com

Cynosure is a developer and marketer of aesthetic treatment systems that are used by physicians and other practitioners to perform non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures to remove hair, treat vascular and pigmented lesions, rejuvenate the skin, liquefy and remove unwanted fat through laser lipolysis and temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite. Cynosure was founded in 1991 and is based in Westford, Massachusetts.

Lutronic
Company
Medical Products
Billerica, Massachusetts
www.lutronic.com
Advisors: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton , Kim & Chang , PJT Partners

CD&R
Investor
Private Equity Firm
New York, New York
www.cdr-inc.com

Exclusive Concepts is a provider of digital marketing and advertising services for eCommerce-focused clients. Exclusive Concepts was founded in 1997 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Agital
Company
Marketing
Burlington, Massachusetts
www.agital.com

Trinity Hunt Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Dallas, Texas
www.trinityhunt.com

Cambridge Trust is a private bank that creates custom financial solutions to build, grow, and protect wealth for the needs of today’s individuals, families, businesses, private partnerships and nonprofit organizations. Cambridge Trust was founded in 1890 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Eastern Bank
Company
Financial Services
Boston, Massachusetts
www.easternbank.com
Advisors: Nutter McClennen & Fish , J.P. Morgan Securities

Shift Media is a provider of cloud-based media collaboration and digital asset management solutions. SHIFT’s multi-tenant SaaS platform helps media and entertainment companies, advertising agencies and production houses securely create, share and collaborate on creative work at all stages of the content production lifecycle, embed visible and forensic watermarking into video and safely screen sensitive pre-release content. Shift Media is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

EditShare
Company
Information Technology
Watertown, Massachusetts
www.editshare.com

Marlin Equity Partners
Investor
Private Equity Firm
Hermosa Beach, California
www.marlinequity.com

Acer is a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs. In the U.S., OLPRUVA (sodium phenylbutyrate) is approved for the treatment of urea cycle disorders (UCDs) involving deficiencies of carbamylphosphate synthetase (CPS), ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC), or argininosuccinic acid synthetase (AS). The company is advancing a pipeline of investigational product candidates for rare and life-threatening diseases, including: OLPRUVA (sodium phenylbutyrate) for treatment of various disorders, including Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD); and EDSIVO (celiprolol) for treatment of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) in patients with a confirmed type III collagen (COL3A1) mutation. Aceris based in Newton, Massachusetts.

Zevra Therapeutics
Company
Life Science
Celebration, Florida
www.zevra.com
Advisors: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) , Canaccord Genuity

Decibel is a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing transformative treatments to restore and improve hearing and balance. It has built a proprietary platform that integrates single-cell genomics and bioinformatic analyses, precision gene therapy technologies, and expertise in inner ear biology. The company is leveraging its platform to advance gene therapies designed to selectively replace genes for the treatment of congenital, monogenic hearing loss and to regenerate inner ear hair cells for the treatment of acquired hearing and balance disorders. Its pipeline, including its lead gene therapy program, DB-OTO, to treat congenital, monogenic hearing loss, is designed to deliver on our vision of a world in which the privileges of hearing and balance are available to all. Decibel was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Company
Life Science
Tarrytown, New York
www.regeneron.com
Advisor: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Korro Bio RNA editing company focused on the discovery and development of novel genetic medicines. Korro Bio is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Korro Bio
Company
Life Science
Woburn, Massachusetts
www.korrobio.com
Advisors: Goodwin Procter , Davis Polk & Wardwell , BofA Securities , J.P. Morgan Securities , Piper Sandler & Co. , RBC Capital Markets