Brooks Automation收购Nexus Biosystems for $79M

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jul 25, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --

Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it had completed the acquisition of Nexus Biosystems, Inc. ("Nexus") the Poway, California based global market leader in automated compound and sample management solutions for life sciences. The net cash purchase price was $79 million. Additionally, the Company paid approximately $6.7 million for the value of the unrestricted cash held by Nexus at closing. For the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2011, Nexus generated revenues of $36 million.

Dr. Steve Schwartz, President & CEO of Brooks, stated, "Nexus represents an important next step in our strategy to build a meaningful position in a rapid, secular growth market. Together with our other recent acquisition, RTS Life Sciences, and our core technical competencies at Brooks, we plan to build Brooks Life Science Systems into the market and innovation leader in Biobanking and Compound Sample Management. With Nexus' operations on the West Coast and meaningful sales and service locations in Switzerland, Japan and Germany complementing our existing Life Science Systems direct channel presence on the East Coast and in the UK we will have broad global reach."

"Nexus has developed a proven technology position in their systems, consumables and service offerings. Combined with RTS they will have developed the leading installed base of Automated Biobanks and Compound Sample Management Systems placed in service over the past decade," continued Dr. Schwartz.

John Lillig, CEO of Nexus Biosystems, commented, "We are very excited about joining the Brooks team and we are also very much looking forward to joining with our sample management colleagues from RTS. Both Brooks and Nexus have been strong technology innovators. Combining the technological and global support strengths of our two companies will help to accelerate the ongoing product development, commercialization and customer support of our expanding sample management solutions."

Martin S. Headley, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer observed, "Nexus has attractive financial attributes including a gross margin profile that is favorable to the Brooks average and modest fixed asset and working capital requirements. We will be making meaningful development expenditures in next generation automated sample management products over the next twelve to fifteen months that will moderate operate margins from the attractive levels we expect to see thereafter."

About Brooks Automation, Inc.

Brooks is a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum and instrumentation solutions to markets where our technologies provide superior value in controlled environments; our engineering competencies provide our customers with speed to market; and our global service capabilities ensure rapid uptime response. Global semiconductor manufacturing is our heritage and the largest market we currently serve. However, through our product initiatives and business acquisitions, we are increasingly meeting the needs of customers across a broad spectrum of applications in life sciences, analytical & research markets, and clean energy solutions. For more information go to www.brooks.com.

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SOURCE: Brooks Automation, Inc.

CONTACT: Barbara Culhane
Corporate Marketing Manager
Brooks Automation, Inc.
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