M&A Deal Summary

Natus Acquires CareFusion Nicolet

On April 23, 2012, Natus acquired medical products company CareFusion Nicolet from CareFusion for 58M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Natus’ 6th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Natus’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Natus’ 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Natus’ 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-04-23
Target CareFusion Nicolet
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Natus
Sellers(s) CareFusion
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 58M USD

Target

CareFusion Nicolet

Madison, Wisconsin, United States
The Nicolet business develops clinically differentiated neurodiagnostic and monitoring products, including a portfolio of electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) systems and related accessories, as well as vascular and obstetric doppler sensors and connectivity products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Natus

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Medical Products
Revenue 473M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Natus is a provider of healthcare products used for the screening, detection, treatment, monitoring and tracking of common medical ailments in newborn care, hearing impairment, neurological dysfunction, epilepsy, sleep disorders, and balance and mobility disorders. Natus was founded in 1987 and is based in Pleasanton, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 12
Sector (Medical Products) 6 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 9
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 6 of 8
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-16 Embla Systems

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Embla Systems LLC is a provider of devices used in the diagnosis of sleep apnea. The company offers a wide spectrum of innovative sleep diagnostic solutions including Embletta home sleep testing devices and three leading PSG platforms: Sandman, REMbrandt, and RemLogic, and Enterprise Sleep Business Management Systems.

Buy $16M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-31 Grass Technologies Products

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

Grass Technologies Product Group includes clinically differentiated neurodiagnostic and monitoring products, including a portfolio of polysomnography (PSG) and electroencephalography (EEG) systems for both clinical and research use and related accessories and proprietary electrodes.

Buy $19M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

CareFusion

San Diego, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Healthcare Services
Employees15,000
Revenue 3.6B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

CareFusion Corp. is a global medical technology company that provides various healthcare services to hospitals. Amongst other services, CareFusion is a provider of wireless, barcode-enabled patient identification systems used in hospitals. CareFusion was formed in 2009 when it was spun out of Cardinal Health.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-06 Phacts

Seattle, Washington, United States

PHACTS has more than 35 years of experience in working with pharmacies specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, inventory management, reducing waste and expired medications, pharmacy automation, logistics, workflow process, and barcode medication administration. The company pioneered software to operate pharmacy carousels and manage pharmacy inventory in hospitals.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-07 U.K. Medical

Sheffield, United Kingdom

U.K. Medical Limited is a distributor of medical products to the National Health Service (NHS) and private health care sector in the United Kingdom.

Buy -