Deal
Danaher Corporation acquires Cepheid
November 2016
full acquisition
ready
Snapshot
Danaher Corporation acquired Cepheid for approximately $4 billion ($53.00 per share cash tender) in November 2016. The transaction was structured as all cash. Cepheid is a Sunnyvale, California (USA)-based Diagnostics business.
- Acquirer
- Danaher Corporation
- Target
- Cepheid
- Value
- approximately $4 billion ($53.00 per share cash tender)
- Date
- November 2016
- Type
- full acquisition
- Status
- ready
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The deal at a glance
Private-market deal
Danaher Corporation acquires Cepheid
Deal value
approximately $4 billion ($53.00 per share cash tender)
Sector
Diagnostics
Date
November 2016
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About this deal
Danaher Corporation acquired Cepheid for approximately $4 billion ($53.00 per share cash tender), a transaction completed in November 2016, structured as all cash.
Cepheid operates in Diagnostics, is based in Sunnyvale, California (USA), had revenue of about approximately $539M (FY2015).
Part of Danaher's $5B Diagnostics segment
Advisors not disclosed
No advisory firms have been disclosed for this transaction.