Siemens hears sweet music with €2.15bn deal for Audiology; sees Dx profit jump for Q4
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Money speaks volumes and when Siemens was offered a tidy sum for its successful hearing aids business, it could not turn a deaf ear. Previously-announced plans to spin out Siemens Audiology Solutions as a standalone publicly-listed company have been ditched and instead, the German group has signed a deal to sell the division to investment company EQT and Germany’s Strüngmann family of entrepreneurs as co-investor for €2.15bn ($2.67bn), plus future earn-outs.