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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. / Life Technologies Corporation

2013 · Acquisition/Merger · $15.1B · Complete

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Apr 15, 2013 CNBC Neutral

Life Technologies agreed to a $13.6 billion buyout by Thermo Fisher Scientific, creating an unrivaled leader in serving research, specialty diagnostics and…

Feb 04, 2014 Fierce Biotech Neutral

Thermo Fisher closes $13.6B Life Tech acquisition, creating the world's largest life sciences tools company.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific acquired Life Technologies Corporation for $76.13 per share in cash (approximately $13.6 billion equity value plus $1.5 billion in assumed net debt, totaling approximately $15.1 billion enterprise value). The deal created the world's leading life sciences tools company.

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