M&A Deal Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Affymetrix

On January 8, 2016, Thermo Fisher Scientific acquired medical products company Affymetrix for 1.3B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 9th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 25th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Thermo Fisher Scientific’s 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-01-08
Target Affymetrix
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Thermo Fisher Scientific
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.3B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley (Financial)
Davis Polk & Wardwell (Legal)

Target

Affymetrix

Santa Clara, California, United States
Affymetrix develops and provides technologies that enable multiplex and parallel analysis of biological systems at the cell, protein, and gene level, facilitating the rapid translation of results into biology for a better world.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1956
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees122,000
Revenue 42.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Thermo Fisher's corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Thermo Fisher's corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Thermo Scientific is a provider of analytical instruments, laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents for better workflow solutions spanning sample preparation, sample analysis, and data interpretation. Thermo Fisher Scientific was founded in 1956 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 42 of 62
Sector (Medical Products) 9 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 37 of 55
State (California) 4 of 6
Country (United States) 25 of 38
Year (2016) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 27
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-30 Alfa Aesar & Co KG

Karlsruhe, Germany

Alfa Aesar GmbH & Co KG is a manufacturer and supplier of research chemicals.

Buy £256M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-12 INEL

Artenay, France

INEL, Inc. is a provider of real-time X-ray diffraction (XRD) systems.

Buy -
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal