16 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2020 | wbjournal.com
F O C U S B A N K I N G & F I N A N C E
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
9 Leominster Boulevard , Leominster 01453
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 Road, 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 Notes: N/A = Not available. Originally published in July 6, 2020 edition.
(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
Vertiflex, acquired by
Boston Scientific, develops
minimally-invasive devices
to help improve physical
functioning and reduce
pain in those with lumbar
spinal stenosis. Pictured is
an aerial view of the
Boston Scientific campus
in Marlborough.
Dairy Farmers of America
gains 44 fluid and frozen
plants across the country
with its acquisition of
Garelick Farms.
Aurora Cannabis, who
acquired Reliva, is an
international
conglomerate out of
Canada doing business in
25 countries.
The acquisition of
Rotmans adds roughly
$30 million in revenue to
Vystar Corp. Pictured is
Steven Rotman, CEO of
both companies.
United Way of
Southbridge, Sturbridge,
and Charlton and the
United Way of Webster
and Dudley raised a
combined $582,000
during the 2018-2019
campaign year.
