16 Worcester Business Journal | July 6, 2020 | wbjournal.com
Notable mergers & acquisitions
Ranked by sale price
Buyer (unit purchasing) Sale price Date closed Seller (unit sold, if applicable)
1
Danaher Corp.
2200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037
202-828-0850 • danaher.com
$21.4 billion 4/1/2020
GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Marlborough
2
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
$4.2 billion 8/19/2019
BTG International LTD
London, United Kingdom
3
GateHouse Media New England
Parent company of Telegram & Gazette, MetroWest Daily News, et. al.
33 New York Ave., Framingham 01701
508-626-4412 • www.gatehousemedia.com
$1.13 billion 11/19/2019
Gannett
McLean, VA
4
bankHometown
31 Sutton Ave., Oxford 01540
508-987-1200 • www.hometowncoop.com
$1-billion merger 10/21/2019
Millbury Savings Bank
Millbury
4
Fidelity Bank
675 Main St., Fitchburg 01420
978-345-4331 • www.fidelitybankonline.com
$1-billion merger 1/1/2020
Family Federal Savings Bank
Fitchburg
6
Boston Scientific Corp.
300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough 01752
508-683-5670 • www.bostonscientific.com
$465 million 6/11/2019
Vertiflex
Carlsbad, CA
7
Dairy Farmers of America
1405 North 98th St., Kansas City, Mo. 66111
816-801-6455 • dfamilk.com
$433 million 5/1/2020
Garelick Farms
Dean Foods
Franklin
8
Varian Medical Systems
3100 Hansen Way , Palo Alto, Calif. 94304
650-493-4000 • varian.com
$90 million 8/22/2019
Boston Scientific
Endocare & Alicon
Marlborough
9
Aurora Cannabis Inc.
10355 Jasper Ave. Suite 500, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
855-279-4652 • auroramj.com
$85 million 5/26/2020
Reliva LLC
Natick
10
Anika Therapeutics
32 Wiggins Road, Bedford 01730
781-457-9000 • anikatherapeutics.com
$60 million 2/3/2020
Anthrosurface
Franklin
11
JOINN Laboratories Ltd.
5 Rongjingdong St., Beijing, China
86-10-6786-9966 • joinn-lab.com
$27.28 million 12/10/2019
Biomere
Worcester
12
FSD Pharma
520 William St., Cobourg, Ontario K9A 3A5 Canada
fsdpharma.com
$17.5 million 06/28/2019
Prismic Pharmaceuticals
Worcester
13
Summa Linguae Technologies
276 Turnpike Road, Westborough 01581
508-616-6660 • summalinguae.com
$2.5 million 12/9/2019
Global Vision International Inc.
Westborough
14
Vystar Corp.
101 Aylesbury Rd., Worcester 01609
866-674-5238 • vystarcorp.com
$2.03 million 7/18/2019
Rotmans
Worcester
15
Precision Optics Corp.
22 E. Broadway, Gardner 01440
978-630-1800 • www.poci.com
$2 million 07/01/2019
Ross Optical
El Paso, TX
16
United Way of South Central Massachusetts (a)
176 Main St., Southbridge 01550
508-765-5491 • uwscm.org
$957,000 merger 4/16/2020
United Way of Webster & Dudley
Webster
17
Nova Leap Health Corp.
7071 Bayers Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 2C2 Canada
902-401-9480 • novaleaphealth.com
$380,000 11/2/2019
Keystone Homecare
Stow
18
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (b)
2-3, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8332, Japan
81-3-6275-6200 • mhi.com
Not disclosed 1/30/2020
Primetals
Siemens
Worcester
Source: PitchBook Data, Inc., U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission filings, press releases and news reports Note: N/A = Not available.
(a) United Way of Sturbridge, Southbridge & Charlton merged with United Way of Webster & Dudley.
(b) Acquired Siemens' 49% stake in Primetals
- Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com
Source: PitchBook Data, Inc., U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission filings, press releases and news reports
Note: N/A = Not available.
(a) United Way of Sturbridge, Southbridge & Charlton merged with United Way of Webster & Dudley.
(b) Acquired Siemens' 49% stake in Primetals
- Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com
Notable mergers & acquisitions
Ranked by sale price
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