- Orthopaedic & Spine Development (“OSD”) is a manufacturer of implants for spine surgery
- Acquisition of a majority interest will lead to the creation of a new benchmark player in orthopedic surgery in France and allow the Group to rapidly achieve significant revenue growth.
| Bordeaux, Boston, March 17, 2021 – 5.45 pm CET: IMPLANET (Euronext Growth: ALIMP, FR0013470168, eligible for PEA-PME equity savings plans), today announces that it has obtained founding shareholders’ agreement to acquire a majority stake in Orthopaedic & Spine Development (“OSD”), which specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing implants for spine surgery. IMPLANET’s offer is aimed at acquiring majority control (potentially of the entire share capital) of OSD, valued at €4.2 million (for 100% of the shares). OSD’s founding shareholders, representing 71,5% of the capital, have already committed to respond favorably to the offer, thus confirming the principle of this merger. The final acquisition percentage will be communicated shortly after finalization of the legal documentation. As a token of their support for the merger project, OSD’s founding shareholders will also become shareholders of IMPLANET. Before March 31, 2021, Implanet will convene a Shareholders’ Meeting to submit the takeover agreement to its shareholders. Ludovic Lastennet, CEO of Implanet, comments: “The acquisition of OSD represents a milestone in our strategy, deployed since late 2019, to strengthen Implanet’s position in the orthopedic and spine market. The clinical value of our JAZZ® technology has, over the years, enabled us to become a pivotal player in pediatric spinal deformity, but thus far our range has limited our ability to grow at a similar pace in the degenerative adult segment. This merger with OSD will strengthen our spinal implant range, notably for the adult market, while positioning Implanet as an integrated supplier capable of competing with the market’s largest players. The merger will enable us to rapidly achieve a critical mass in terms of revenue. Reaching this critical mass will ensure that, in the coming years, we will be able to meet regulatory, clinical and economic demands in a fast-growing market”. Nicolas Papillon, CEO and President of OSD, adds: “We are very excited about this opportunity to combine our implant ranges with the clinical value of the JAZZ® platform, while benefiting from Implanet’s financial and marketing expertise. We had been looking to join forces with a partner in order to deploy the execution of our strategy and provide our products with greater commercial scope, notably in the United States. This merger with Implanet was an obvious choice, as we and its founders share a common desire to turn our two companies into an agile entity, working closely with its customers and determined to increase market share”. |
Upcoming financial event: – Q1 2021 revenue on Tuesday April 20, 2021 |
| About Implanet |
| Founded in 2007, Implanet is a medical technology company that manufactures high-quality implants for orthopedic surgery. Its activity revolves around two product ranges, the latest generation JAZZ® implant, designed to improve the treatment of spinal pathologies requiring vertebral fusion surgery, and the MADISON implant designed for first-line prosthetic knee surgery. Implanet’s tried-and-tested orthopedic platform is based on product traceability. Protected by four families of international patents, JAZZ® and MADISON have obtained 510(k) regulatory clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, the CE mark as well as the ANVISA authorization in Brazil. Implanet employs 29 staff and recorded 2020 sales of €6.0 million. For further information, please visit www.implanet.com. Based near Bordeaux in France, Implanet established a US subsidiary in Boston in 2013. Implanet is listed on Euronext™ Growth market in Paris. The Company would like to remind that the table for monitoring the equity line (OCA, OCAPI, BSA) and the number of shares outstanding, is available on its website: http://www.implanet-invest.com/suivi-des-actions-80 |
| www.implanet.com |
| IMPLANET Ludovic Lastennet CEO Phone nb.: +33 (0)5 57 99 55 55 Email: investors@implanet.com NEWCAP Mathilde Bohin / Nicolas Fossiez Investor relations Phone nb.: +33 (0)1 44 71 94 94 Email: implanet@newcap.eu NEWCAP Nicolas Merigeau Media Relations Phone nb.: +33 (0)1 44 71 94 98 Email: nmerigeau@newcap.fr |
