重磅!默克170億美元收購西格瑪(Sigma-Aldrich)
2015-11-24
默克(Merck KGaA)近日宣布,將耗資170億美元(約合104.1億英鎊)現(xiàn)金收購全球最大的化工試劑生產(chǎn)商——美國西格瑪奧德里奇(Sigma-Aldrich,以下簡稱Sigma)。此次收購,旨在增強旗下默克密理博(Merck Millipore)的實驗耗材業(yè)務,將擴大默克密理博的全球覆蓋,并提高在北美和快速增長的亞洲市場的存在。(原文鏈接http://news.bioon.com/article/6659220.html)
收購Simga,也標志著默克“蛻變之旅”的里程碑,將旗下3大業(yè)務轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榭沙掷m(xù)增長平臺。目前,該筆收購交易已獲Sigma管理層批準。根據(jù)協(xié)議,默克將以每股140美元的價格,現(xiàn)金收購Sigma的全部股份,較9月16日收盤價107.23美元溢價37%。
該筆收購,將成為默克歷史上最大的一筆收購交易。此前,2007年,默克耗資133億美元收購瑞士第一大生物科技公司——雪蘭諾(Serono),在歐洲制藥界創(chuàng)造了一個新的巨無霸,當時定位為制藥巨頭。然而之后數(shù)年,默克雪蘭諾新藥研發(fā)卻屢屢受挫,一直未推出重磅產(chǎn)品,目前已陷入困境。之后,2010年,默克耗資60億美元收購美國實驗室設備和化學品制造商——密理博(Millipore),加速公司轉(zhuǎn)型。
Sigma-Aldrich是全球最大的生化和有機化學試劑供應商,2013年全球銷售額為27億美元。默克預計,該筆交易將實現(xiàn)每年3.34億美元(約合2.6億歐元)的協(xié)同效益。
默克是一家家族控股公司,成立于1668年,2013年制藥業(yè)務占總收入58%,化工業(yè)務占39%。而鮮為人知的是,默克還是全球最大的平板顯示器用液晶材料供應商,提供了全球60%的液晶材料,收購收購密理博(Millipore)后,實驗室設備業(yè)務已成其一大支柱。
關于Sigma-Aldrich:
Sigma-Aldrich是一家致力于生命科學與化學領域的高科技跨國公司,是世界上最大的化學/生物試劑生產(chǎn)商和供應商,也是全球數(shù)以百萬計的科學家和技術人員的實驗伙伴。其生物化學、有機化學試劑及試劑盒,廣泛應用于基因組、蛋白質(zhì)組研究、生物科技、藥業(yè)、疾病診斷和化工生產(chǎn),產(chǎn)品數(shù)量超過120,000種。
英文原文:Merck KGaA to buy Sigma-Aldrich for $17 billion
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Drugs and chemicals maker Merck KGaA (MRCG.DE) said it agreed to acquire Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL.O) for $17 billion (10.41 billion pounds) in cash to boost its Merck Millipore lab supplies business in the biggest takeover in the German group's history, lifting its shares.
The deal, approved by Sigma-Aldrich's management, will see Merck acquire all shares for $140 apiece in cash.
That represents a 37 percent premium over the latest closing price of $102.37 on Sept. 19 and a 36 percent premium to the one-month average closing price, according to Merck.
Family-controlled Merck said on Monday the deal would immediately top up adjusted earnings per share and the margin of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) over sales.
Merck expects to achieve annual synergies of approximately 260 million euros ($334 million), which should be fully realised within three years after closing.
Shares in Merck, which initially turned negative on the news, traded up 5.8 percent at 73.66 euros by 1039 GMT, against a flat European chemicals index (.SX4P).
St Louis, Missouri-based Sigma-Aldrich, which says it is the world's largest supplier of biochemicals and organic chemicals to research laboratories, had 2013 sales of $2.7 billion.
Merck, the largest maker of liquid crystals for TV and computer screens, made lab equipment a major pillar of its business when it purchased U.S. group Millipore for $6 billion in 2010.
Previously, its biggest deal was the takeover of Swiss biotech company Serono, a maker of fertility treatments, for 10.3 billion euros.