By Sabrina Valle
(Reuters) – Non-public fairness companies Blackstone and TPG revived their curiosity in buying medical diagnostics firm Hologic in what might be one of many largest healthcare take-private offers this 12 months, an individual near the transaction mentioned on Wednesday.
Talks between the events have been intermittent over the previous 12 months and will nonetheless disintegrate, the individual mentioned. However compensation phrases for Hologic’s Chief Government Steve MacMillan and up to date inventory depreciation are seen by traders as incentives for a sale.
The CEO may obtain greater than $40 million in inventory and money within the occasion of a change of management, in accordance with compensation phrases outlined in an organization submitting earlier this 12 months.
The events are at present conducting due diligence, and a deal is just not anticipated throughout the subsequent month, the individual mentioned.
Spokespeople for Blackstone and TPG declined to remark. Hologic didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Hologic makes a speciality of ladies’s well being diagnostics, together with breast and cervical most cancers screening and infectious illness testing.
The Monetary Occasions beforehand reported in Might that Blackstone and TPG had submitted a nonbinding proposal of about $16 billion together with debt, or between $70-72 per share, which Hologic rejected.
The renewed engagement comes as Hologic shares have misplaced floor in current months. Hologic shares had been buying and selling at $66 late Wednesday afternoon, giving the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based firm a market capitalization of roughly $14.7 billion.
Operationally, Hologic has proven indicators of restoration, significantly in its molecular diagnostics and interventional breast segments.
The corporate beat market expectations within the second quarter, administration not too long ago raised its full-year earnings steering and reaffirmed expectations for mid-single-digit income development in fiscal 2026, supported by new product launches and easing tariff pressures.
(Reporting by Sabrina Valle in New York and Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi and Kim Coghill)
